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Plummy

//ˈplʌmi// adj, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums.

    "The jam had a rich plummy aroma."

  2. 2
    Desirable; profitable; advantageous. informal

    "The poets have made tragedies enough about signing one's self over to wickedness for the sake of getting something plummy; I shall write a tragedy of a fellow who signed himself over to be good, and was uncomfortable ever after."

  3. 3
    Rich, mellow and carefully articulated, especially with an upper-class accent.

    "plummy-voiced"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich wordnet
  2. 2
    very desirable wordnet

Etymology

From plum + -y. In the sense of a voice, because of the supposed similarity to speaking with a plum in one's mouth.

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