plummy

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈplʌmi/

Etymology: From plum + -y. In the sense of a voice, because of the supposed similarity to speaking with a plum in one's mouth.

Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums.
“The jam had a rich plummy aroma.”
Desirable; profitable; advantageous.
“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.”
Rich, mellow and carefully articulated, especially with an upper-class accent.
“plummy-voiced”
“Then, feeling the fat hands caressing her reluctant bosom, listening dutifully to the rich, plummy voice, she realized finally what marriage to the King meant.”