plumpish

[ pluhm-pish ]

adjective

1. somewhat plump; tending to plumpness.

Other Words From

• plumpish·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of plumpish¹

First recorded in 1750–60; plump ¹ + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

He was a small, plumpish, round-faced man in his early forties, who spoke in perpetual italics.

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The mild-looking, plumpish, blond-haired man whose face came onto the screen was immediately recognizable.

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The second newcomer was a red-faced, plumpish man with an almost offensively hearty manner.

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An astonishingly young, pleasingly plumpish woman, with nothing remarkable about her except a certain splendid calm.

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I think it was the sight of a plumpish young man in a horsey brown coat that settled my choice of pub.

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