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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: very desirable; "a plummy leading role"
2: (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich; "the radio announcer's plummy voice"

Merriam Webster's

adjective (plummier; -est) Date: 1759 1. a. full of plums <a rich plummy cake> b. choice, desirable <got a plummy role in the movie> 2. a. having a plum color b. rich and mellow often to the point of affectation <a plummy singing voice>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (plummier, plummiest) 1 abounding or rich in plums. 2 colloq. (of a voice) sounding affectedly rich or deep in tone. 3 colloq. good, desirable.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Plummy Plum"my, a. [From Plum.] Of the nature of a plum; desirable; profitable; advantageous. [Colloq.] ``For the sake of getting something plummy.'' --G. Eliot.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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. (BRIT) ...precious, plummy-voiced radio announcers. ADJ [disapproval]

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

It is all plummy; i.e. all is right, or as it ought to be.