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单词 plumpness
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plumpnessn.1

Brit. /ˈplʌmpnəs/, U.S. /ˈpləmpnəs/
Forms: see plump adj.1 and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plump adj.1, -ness suffix.
Etymology: < plump adj.1 + -ness suffix.
The quality or condition of being plump; fullness and roundness of form.
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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

Brit. /ˈplʌmpnəs/, U.S. /ˈpləmpnəs/
Forms: see plump adv., int., and adj.2 and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plump adj.2, -ness suffix.
Etymology: < plump adj.2 + -ness suffix.
Now rare.
Directness or bluntness of speech.
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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).
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