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Definition of Plummy
1. Adjective. Very desirable. "A plummy leading role"
2. Adjective. (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich. "The radio announcer's plummy voice"
Definition of Plummy
1. a. Of the nature of a plum; desirable; profitable; advantageous.
Definition of Plummy
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums ¹
2. Adjective. (informal) desirable; profitable; advantageous ¹
3. Adjective. (context: of a voice) rich, mellow and carefully articulated, especially with an upper-class accent ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plummy
1. full of plums [adj -MIER, -MIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plummy
Literary usage of Plummy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal of Satire edited by Arthur William A'Beckett (1869)
"This was Dr. plummy and the assistant. " A marvellous woman ! ... said Dr. plummy.
" I'll stake my professional reputation and my knowledge of the ..."
2. Studies in English, Written and Spoken: For the Use of Continental Students by Cornelis Stoffel (1894)
"5, 1888, 274": It ain't as plummy as the last 'un in the Penny ... I am not quite
sure what plummy means in the last quotation. Can it be a 'rich' voice, ..."
3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"We seed 'em both fire acrost the gleed. an' right PLUM-CENTRE at young Randolph.
1867. London Herald^ 23 March, 222, i. Ain't this ere plummy^ 1876. ..."
4. Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux by James Hardy Vaux (1819)
"plummy. Right; very good; as it should be; expressing your approbation of any
act, or event, you will say, That's-plummy, or It's att plummy; meaning it is ..."
5. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1859)
"Mr. D. Fisher, as plummy, deserved the highest praise, not only for his humour
but for the physical exhaustion he SO loyally sustained—no trivial matter in ..."
6. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"To fit plum, to fit accurately, it happens plummy, opportunely, just as it should
do. (2) Very; exceedingly; quite. (4) Sensible ; honest. North. ..."
7. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"plummy and slam (thieves), all right. Vide PLUM or PLUMB. Plumper (racing), all
one's money laid on one horse. The Fitzwilliam Plate was won by Lord ..."
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