plummy

They’re all predominantly a plummy, luminous pur- ple color that Rothko, a skilled technician who often hand-mixed his own pigments, made from animal glue, ultramarine blue, and the synthetic pigment Lithol Red.

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

Choose carefully and this soft, plummy varietal can enthrall like a fine Cabernet Sauvignon.

A pluot is a hybrid of plum and apricot, dominated by plummy characteristics and lighter on the apricot.

But it is easy to overdo the plummy tone, which is apt to become cloying.

A warm plummy odor filled the whole house, for Priscilla was cooking in the kitchen.

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

And besides we are going to give her half of that big plummy fruit cake Mother sent us from home.

With these words he put down the dish, with the 'plummy' end of the pudding turned towards himself.