Etymology tree
Middle English plump
English plump
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English plumpy
From plump + -y.
Meanings
Plump; fat; sleek.
"We're here t' greet ye," piped a plumpy little girl, pulling at Cal's sleeve. 2010, Donald Meikle, Twowinter Tales, page 73:
Etymology tree
Middle English plump
English plump
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English plumpy
From plump + -y.
Meanings
(informal) A fat person or thing.
It was ladies' league night at the bowling alley, and when he stood in the bar looking out at the lanes he picked out her trim figure on lane 7 in a gaggle of plumpies. 2007, Jim Harrison, Julip, page 112:
The most famous of all the animals of Mauritius is a large, gentle dove. A remarkably large dove, in fact: its weight is closest to that of a well-fed turkey. Its wings long ago gave up the idea of lifting such a plumpy off the ground, and withered away into decorative little stumps. 1990, Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine, Last Chance To See: