plummy

[ pluhm-ee ]

/ ˈplʌm i /

containing or resembling plums.

good or desirable: a plummy part for a good actress.

richly or mellowly resonant: a plummy speaking voice.

Origin of plummy

First recorded in 1750–60; plum¹ + -y¹

To this day, no auction room ever feels quite complete without a plummy British voice taking bids.

Bacon’s Overpriced Triptych |Blake Gopnik |November 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Choose carefully and this soft, plummy varietal can enthrall like a fine Cabernet Sauvignon.

Five Ways to Drink Bravely |Mark Oldman |October 25, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
A pluot is a hybrid of plum and apricot, dominated by plummy characteristics and lighter on the apricot.

The Secrets of Hybrid Fruit |Stacey Slate |January 22, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
With these words he put down the dish, with the 'plummy' end of the pudding turned towards himself.

Chatterbox, 1906 |Various

The plummy little dark-eyed one, Will—not that shrill little fiend.

It Never Can Happen Again |William De Morgan
There might be Guava jelly, and a plummy cake, For such a prize I'd laugh to scorn a stomach-ache!

Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890 |Various
But it is easy to overdo the plummy tone, which is apt to become cloying.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 |Various

plummy

/ (ˈplʌmɪ) /

of, full of, or resembling plums

British informal (of speech) having a deep tone and a refined and somewhat drawling articulation

British informal choice; desirable