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plumpness

  • a word derived from plump.
    plump
    adjective
    well filled out or rounded in form; somewhat fleshy or fat.

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So I pressed Morrissey about the social-media-like, photo-sharing part of the experience — and how I felt guilty about publicly pointing out the plumpness of a certain cardinal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

Scientists are excited about their latest barley cultivar, Kadie, which has a high-yield potential, a high percentage of kernel plumpness and ripens quicker than other varieties in dry lands.

From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2021

Her gray hair was in cornrows and she had the artificial plumpness caused sometimes by medications.

From Washington Post ● May 31, 2017

As a pecan ages, with or without its shell, it loses moisture and thus plumpness.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2013

It was stuffed to plumpness, most of it, with a narrow neck ending in a golf ball-size head.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli