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What does Plumb mean?
If you say that someone has a plummy voice or accent, you mean that they sound very upper-class. You usually use plummy to criticize the way someone speaks. [ British , disapproval ]
PLUMMY definition: 1. used to describe a low voice or way of speaking using long vowels, of a type thought to be…. Learn more.
Vaux Vocab. of the Flash Lang. in McLachlan (1964) 258: plummy Right; very good; as it should be; expressing your approbation or any act, or event, you will say, That’s plummy, or It’s all plummy; meaning it is alright.
Something excellent or desirable is plummy, like the plummy seats you scored for a popular Broadway play — right up front where you hear every word of the actors’ plummy, or rich sounding, voices. The adjective plummy is, quite straightforwardly, a way to talk about anything that tastes like a plum.
used to describe a low voice or way of speaking using long vowels, of a type thought to be typical of the English upper social class: a plummy voice. a plummy accent. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Ways of speaking. accented. accentual. accentuation. articulate. asperity. asyndetically. bray. fluent. glottal stop. intone. mispronounce
It is also used to describe something as desirable, advantageous, or attractive, often in context of a job or position. The term is derived from British slang, where it is used to describe a certain type of upper-class English accent.
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective plummy, one of which is considered derogatory. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
