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plumptious

adj

Etymology

Blend of plump + scrumptious.

  1. derived from *(s)ker-✻ — “to cut off”
  2. derived from *skrimpaną✻ — “to shrink”
  3. derived from *skrimpan✻
  4. derived from *scrimpan✻
  5. derived from schrimpen — “to shrivel up, wrinkle”
  6. borrowed from scrimp — “meager”
  7. suffixed as scrumptious — “scrimp + ious”
  8. compounded as plumptious — “plump + scrumptious”

Definitions

  1. Plump and delicious.

    • It was like seeing some dreamy fruit at the point of optimum, plumptious juiciness.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA