单词 | plumpness |
释义 | plumpnessn.1 The quality or condition of being plump; fullness and roundness of form. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > state of having fatnessc1000 greasea1340 corsiousnessc1440 fleshiness1541 plumpness1545 corporateness1547 fogginess1547 fleshliness1552 corpulency1577 corpulence1581 corsiness1587 fullness1599 obesity1611 pinguitude1623 obeseness1653 aletude1656 portliness1658 eventriqueness1667 rotundity1684 fat1726 rotundness1727 bloatedness1732 embonpoint1751 roundness1763 repleteness1770 plumpitude1828 corporosity1837 stoutness1838 crumb1843 plumptitude1843 roundedness1849 chubbiness1850 adiposeness1868 roundliness1870 buxomness1875 bloat1905 tubbiness1906 poundage1915 overweight1917 endomorphy1940 plumpishness1947 pudge1967 morbid obesity1969 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > largeness of volume or bulkiness > and fullness plumpness1660 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. G.iiv In saftnesse of skyn, and plumpnesse of the body. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pommelure, plumpenesse, roundnesse; also daplenesse. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Exp. iv This plumpness of the bladder proceeded from..the stronger spring of the air remaining in the bladder. 1680 W. Charleton Enq. Human Nature ii. 61 The fibres of the Stomach, although seldom or never liable to fatness, are yet easily capable of plumpness and leanness. 1704 I. Newton Opticks i. i. 11 For those Convex-glasses supply the defect of plumpness in the Eye... And the contrary happens in short-sighted Men whose Eyes are too plump. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xx. 181 The lady's seeming plumpness was owing to a dropsical disorder, and to the round posture she lay in. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. i. 6 Her complexion improved, her features were softened by plumpness and colour. View more context for this quotation 1885 Truth 28 May 850/1 Plumpness sheathes the nerves and gives an impression of good humour. 1900 Polit. Sci. Q. 15 12 She is often thin, anæmic and stooped, lacking the plumpness and color which make the country girl attractive. 1948 Amer. Midland Naturalist 40 367 The salamanders became emaciated, but regained plumpness when sufficient worms were supplied. 1990 Sci. News 4 Aug. 75/1 The two reports highlight a newly emerging U.S. pregnancy paradigm that accepts a wider-range of prenatal plumpness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). plumpnessn.2 Now rare. Directness or bluntness of speech. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [noun] > bluntness or matter-of-factness unmithea1325 roundness1568 plumpness1618 broadness1685 straightforwardness1805 matter-of-factness1816 flatness1887 1618 S. Ward Iethro's Iustice of Peace 72 I haue learned too much bluntnesse and plumpnese of speech among the Lutherans. 1780 F. Burney Jrnl. 29 Apr. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 86 She..speaks her opinion..with a plumpness of honesty..that both pleases & diverts me. 1879 W. D. Howells Lady of Aroostook v ‘Yes, Maria, I be,’ returned her father, with uncommon plumpness. 1906 Daily News 22 Jan. 6 Sometimes the more simple-minded apologists..put the thing with astonishing plumpness and plainness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11545n.21618 |
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