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plumpkin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
plump-kin
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fat person.

Colloquial; Humorous

Example Sentences

Etymology

From plump + -kin; the suffix is not normally productive, so likely formed under the influence of pumpkin.

Usage

Inflected Forms

plumpkins (plural)

Questions

What does plumpkin mean?
A fat person.
Where does plumpkin come from?
From plump + -kin; the suffix is not normally productive, so likely formed under the influence of pumpkin.

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