plummy
AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (2)plummier, plummiest
- very desirable“a plummy leading role”Opposite undesirableSimilar desirable
- (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich“the radio announcer's plummy voice”Opposite unaffectedSimilar affected, unnatural
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Plum′my adjective
Origin: From Plum.
Of the nature of a plum; desirable; profitable; advantageous. colloquial “For the sake of getting something plummy.” pseud. of Mary Ann
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54