plummy
/ˈplʌmi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums.
adj
Rich, mellow and carefully articulated, especially with an upper-class accent.
Example Sentences
- "The jam had a rich plummy aroma."
- "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."
- "plummy-voiced"
- "Then, feeling the fat hands caressing her reluctant bosom, listening dutifully to the rich, plummy voice, she realized finally what marriage to the King meant."
- "Ludovic's deferential voice ("after what's happened, Sir, don't you think it will be more suitable") suddenly turns from its plummy to the plebeian key ("to shut your bloody trap")."
- "The fact that David Cameron, the conservative prime minister, is a plummy-voiced, Eton-educated, upper-class Brit from central casting has played into [Alex] Salmond's hands."
Etymology
From plum + -y. In the sense of a voice, because of the supposed similarity to speaking with a plum in one's mouth.