plumpy

English

Etymology

plump +‎ -y

Adjective

plumpy (comparative plumpier, superlative plumpiest)

1. Plump; fat; sleek.
   • 2010, Donald Meikle, Twowinter Tales, page 73:

     "We're here t' greet ye," piped a plumpy little girl, pulling at Cal's sleeve.

Noun

plumpy (plural plumpies)

1. (informal) A fat person or thing.
   • 1990, Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine, Last Chance To See:

     The most famous of all the animals of Mauritius is a large, gentle dove. A remarkably large dove, in fact: its weight is closest to that of a well-fed turkey. Its wings long ago gave up the idea of lifting such a plumpy off the ground, and withered away into decorative little stumps.

   • 2007, Jim Harrison, Julip, page 112:

     It was ladies' league night at the bowling alley, and when he stood in the bar looking out at the lanes he picked out her trim figure on lane 7 in a gaggle of plumpies.

References

• “plumpy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.