English

Adjective

plummy ‎(comparative plummier, superlative plummiest)

1. Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums
2. (informal) desirable; profitable; advantageous
   • (Can we date this quote?) George Eliot

     The poets have made tragedies enough about signing one's self over to wickedness for the sake of getting something plummy; I shall write a tragedy of a fellow who signed himself over to be good, and was uncomfortable ever after.

3. (of a voice) rich, mellow and carefully articulated, especially with an upper-class accent
   • 2014 March 31, Roger Cohen, “The case for Scotland”, in The New York Times:

     The fact that David Cameron, the conservative prime minister, is a plummy-voiced, Eton-educated, upper-class Brit from central casting has played into [Alex] Salmond's hands.

Derived terms

• plummily
• plumminess