plumpen

[pluhm-puhn]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to make or become plump.

Word History and Origins

Origin of plumpen¹

First recorded in 1680–90; plump ¹ + -en ¹

Example Sentences

Cyrano was absolutely explicit, attacking the unsupportable Pride of Mankind, who perswade themselves, that Nature hath only been made for them; as if it were likely that the Sun, a vast Body, Four hundred and thirty four times bigger than the Earth, had only been kindled to ripen their Medlars, and plumpen their Cabbages.

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“Plumpen, sir,” the bedraggled mouse replied.

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Cluny grabbed Plumpen roughly, dragging him away from his fellow captives on the ground.

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“What are these other miserable creatures to you, Plumpen?” he snapped.

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He leaned close to Plumpen and whispered harshly, “What would you do to save them?”

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