Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being plump; fullness of skin; distention to roundness: as, the plumpness of a boy; plumpness of the cheek.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being plump.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality or state of being
plump .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the bodily property of being well rounded
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Examples
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She retains her usual colour and plumpness, which is a sign that the maternal exertions have not been too much for her.
The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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But, Varys' "plumpness" is not crucial to the plot I know, he's a eunuch and he is a bit of a "master of disguise" anyway...
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He was somewhat bald, somewhat grey, somewhat fat, and had lost that look of rosy plumpness which is seldom, I fear, compatible with hard work and late hours.
Ayala's Angel 2004
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He was somewhat bald, somewhat grey, somewhat fat, and had lost that look of rosy plumpness which is seldom, I fear, compatible with hard work and late hours.
Ayala's Angel 1993
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Charlotte who is just sixteen is shorter than her Sister, and though her figure cannot boast the easy dignity of Julia's, yet it has a pleasing plumpness which is in a different way as estimable.
Love And Freindship Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 1922
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The most common type was that of mild obesity which men call "plumpness," a quality so prized since the world began that the women of all races by natural selection become relatively fatter than men.
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He was somewhat bald, somewhat grey, somewhat fat, and had lost that look of rosy plumpness which is seldom, I fear, compatible with hard work and late hours.
Ayala's Angel 1881
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He was somewhat bald, somewhat grey, somewhat fat, and had lost that look of rosy plumpness which is seldom, I fear, compatible with hard work and late hours.
Ayala's Angel 1881
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She doesn't have enough fat on her body to get the kind of plumpness she needs to pad her thighs and bum.
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Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Nutrition 2010
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