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plumpen

[ pluhm-puhn ]
/ ˈplʌm pən /
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verb (used with or without object)
to make or become plump.
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Origin of plumpen

First recorded in 1680–90; plump1 + -en1
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How to use plumpen in a sentence

  • Have we not read that incredibly clumsy (unwahrscheinlich plumpen) appeal of the 99 professors?

    Above the Battle|Romain Rolland
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