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plumpness

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plump 1  (plmp)
adj. plump·er, plump·est
1. Well-rounded and full in form; chubby. See Synonyms at fat.
2. Abundant; ample: a plump reward.
v. plumped, plump·ing, plumps
v.tr.
To make well-rounded or full in form: plumped up the pillows.
v.intr.
To become well-rounded, chubby, or full in form: The baby plumped out at three months.
[Middle English, dull, probably from Middle Low German plomp, blunt, thick.]
plumpish adj.
plumply adv.
plumpness n.
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Noun1.plumpness - the bodily property of being well rounded
embonpoint, roundness
corpulency, fleshiness, obesity - more than average fatness
chubbiness, pudginess, rolypoliness, tubbiness - the property of having a plump and round body
buxomness - the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed
Translations
Spanish plumpness [ˈplʌmpnɪs] n → gordura
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You take her on the understanding--let us say--that she has lovely yellow hair, that she has an exquisite complexion, that her figure is the perfection of plumpness, and that she is just tall enough to carry the plumpness off.
Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context
At fifteen, appearances were mending; she began to curl her hair and long for balls; her complexion improved, her features were softened by plumpness and colour, her eyes gained more animation, and her figure more consequence.
Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context
His plumpness and his red, fat cheeks made his mourning not a little incongruous.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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