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  • adjective Somewhat plump.

Etymologies

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plump +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • Anne, a plain plumpish sort of woman, never stops eating.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • Anne, a plain plumpish sort of woman, never stops eating.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • What works is the bizarre chemistry between the testosterone-prone Wahlberg and the fuzzy, plumpish Ferrell.

    Marshall Fine: Movie Review: The Other Guys Marshall Fine 2010

  • The door opened and an old white-haired, rather plumpish lady greeted me with a smile.

    Nevermore Jamie Marriott 2010

  • "You see, " began Larry again, -we didn't know you'd missed the first train so we came down to meet you - and we thought you might be in disguise - so when a plumpish boy got off the train, we thought he was you!

    Separate Douglas Light 2010

  • So anyone who assumed from her plumpish figure that she was out of shape was in for a rude awakening.

    Bodily Harm Robert Dugoni 2010

  • What works is the bizarre chemistry between the testosterone-prone Wahlberg and the fuzzy, plumpish Ferrell.

    Marshall Fine: Movie Review: The Other Guys 2010

  • What works is the bizarre chemistry between the testosterone-prone Wahlberg and the fuzzy, plumpish Ferrell.

    Marshall Fine: Movie Review: The Other Guys Marshall Fine 2010

  • What works is the bizarre chemistry between the testosterone-prone Wahlberg and the fuzzy, plumpish Ferrell.

    Marshall Fine: Movie review: The Other Guys 2010

  • In Tiny Furniture it's privileged misery -- the romantic humiliation of a plumpish young woman allergic to gyms.

    Erica Abeel: Worlds of Pain: From Wartorn to Tiny Furniture Erica Abeel 2010

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