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plumpness

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈplʌmpnəs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality or state of being plump.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the bodily property of being well rounded

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: embonpoint, roundness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fleshiness, obesity, corpulency

Narrower terms: chubbiness, pudginess, tubbiness, rolypoliness, buxomness

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English plump Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English plumpness From plump + -ness.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: закръгленост (zakrǎglenost) — quality or state of being plump
  • Irish: raimhre — quality or state of being plump
  • Irish: beathaitheacht — quality or state of being plump
  • Japanese: 肥満 (himan) — quality or state of being plump
  • Japanese: 肥胖 (hihan) — quality or state of being plump
  • Korean: 육덕 (yukdeok) — quality or state of being plump
  • Korean: 통통함 (tongtongham) — quality or state of being plump
  • Korean: 통실함 (tongsilham) — quality or state of being plump
  • Scottish Gaelic: sult — quality or state of being plump
  • Telugu: బలుపు (balupu) — quality or state of being plump
  • Ottoman Turkish: سمیزلك (semizlik) — quality or state of being plump
  • Ottoman Turkish: شیشمانلق (şişmanlık) — quality or state of being plump