plump
/plʌmp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.
Example Sentences
- "a plump baby; plump cheeks"
- "The god of wine did his plump clusters bring."
- "My ideal is to be idle and to love a plump girl."
- "He was a plump little man and we had been walking uphill at a pace—set by him—far too rapid for his short legs. He breathed stertorously, and half the drops which glimmered on his rotund face were not rain but sweat."
- "We are averse to plump queries, but we are going to ask our readers a plain, simple question Did you ever see a paper y'clept "The Yankee Blade?""
- "After the plump statement that the author was at Erceldoune and spake with Thomas."
Etymology
From Middle English plump, plompe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch plomp or Middle Low German plump. Cognate with Saterland Frisian plump (“plump”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
plumper (comparative)
more plump (comparative)
plumpest (superlative)
most plump (superlative)
plumps (present, singular)
plumping (participle, present)
plumped (participle, past)
plumped (past)
plumps (plural)