a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 212 Þough some trees been full of prikkes, þat comeþ not of þe insencioun of kynde þat gendreþ þe substaunce of þe tre, but it happeþ of þe plumines [L. ex raritate; 1495 plummes] of þe tree [a1450 Bodl. þat draweþ colde humoure þat is litel digeste, and passeþ out atte plumines of the tree] and is y-harded in to a prikke oþer a þorn by hete of þe sonne.

1919 G. Saintsbury Short Hist. French Novel II. viii. 327 There may be a good deal of apple in some plum-jam and perhaps some vegetable-marrow. But plumminess is plumminess still.

1927 J. Masefield Midnight Folk 208 You haven't got such a thing as a seedless raisin about you?.. It's a real treat..to taste a bit of plumminess.

1949 Times 30 Dec. 6/6 The singers..eschew the plumminess of heroes and heroines..and..never force either tone or expression.

1962 Listener 8 Feb. 268/3 The plumminess of the normal Wagnerian baritone.

1996 Church Times 19 July 18/4 One of the great joys of hearing old newsreel broadcasts is the camp plumminess of the voices.

2003 Newsday (Nexis) 21 Sept. g17 This wine also has plumminess and a touch of pepperiness.