Adjective: plump
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | plumper |
| Superlative | plumpest |
Perifrastic
| Comparative | more plump |
| Superlative | most plump |
Sample Sentences
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a plump baby; plump cheeks
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The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. [1651, Thomas Carew, To my friend G. N. from Wrest:]
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My ideal is to be idle and to love a plump girl. [2015, Anton Chekhov, The Life and Genius of Anton Chekhov: Letters, Diary, Reminiscences and Biography: Assorted Collection of Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned Russian Author and Playwright of Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters and The Seagull, e-artnow, →ISBN:]
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He was a plump little man and we had been walking uphill at a pace—set by him—far too rapid for his short legs. He breathed stertorously, and half the drops which glimmered on his rotund face were not rain but sweat. [1956, Delano Ames, chapter 23, in Crime out of Mind:]
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We are averse to plump queries, but we are going to ask our readers a plain, simple question Did you ever see a paper y'clept "The Yankee Blade?" [1847, editorial staff, “The Yankee Blade”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 66:]
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After the plump statement that the author was at Erceldoune and spake with Thomas. [1898, George Saintsbury, “XXXVII The Dullards That Men Are”, in A Short History of English Literature:]
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I've said so haven't I? Plump and plain. [1925, Stanley John Weyman, Queen's Folly:]
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A plump wine, with an abundance of plum and berry characteristics and soft, round tannins. Easy to drink; ready on release. [1992, The Wine Spectator, volume 17, page 33:]
Adjectives inflected like plump
wholsom,
seldom,
scared,
solemn,
silent,
beloved,
uptight,
perfect,
useless,
up-tight,
selfish,
distinct,
discreet,
Dutch,
reckless,
bumfuck,
worthless,
slender,
faithfull,
shallow, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Middle English plump, plompe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch plomp or Middle Low German plump. Cognate with Saterland Frisian plump (“plump”).
Verbs referencing "plump"
German Adjectives
plump.