plumpness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈplʌmpnəs/
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Etymology
Etymology tree English plump Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English plumpness From plump + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The quality or state of being plump.
For five minutes Pollyanna worked swiftly, deftly, combing a refractory curl into fluffiness, perking up a drooping ruffle at the neck, or shaking a pillow into plumpness so that the head might have a better pose. Meanwhile the sick woman, frowning prodigiously, and openly scoffing at the whole procedure, was, in spite of herself, beginning to tingle with a feeling perilously near to excitement.
1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 8, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC:From behind that structure came out an impression of pale plumpness in a frock-coat.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 200:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| plumpnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (14)
ota سمیزلك (quality or state of being plump) · ja 肥満 (quality or state of being plump) · hi मोटापा (quality or state of being plump) · te బలుపు (quality or state of being plump) · ga raimhre (quality or state of being plump) · bg закръгленост (quality or state of being plump) · ko 통실함 (quality or state of being plump) · hi मोटापन (quality or state of being plump) · ga beathaitheacht (quality or state of being plump) · gd sult (quality or state of being plump) · ja 肥胖 (quality or state of being plump) · ko 통통함 (quality or state of being plump) · ota شیشمانلق (quality or state of being plump) · ko 육덕 (quality or state of being plump)