pumy

P3U1M3Y4
/ˈpjuːmi/

adjective

large and rounded

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Meanings

adjectivepumy (comparative more pumy, superlative most pumy)

comparative more pumy · superlative most pumy

  1. obsoletelarge and rounded

    A gentle streame, whose murmuring waue did play / Emongst the pumy stones

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 30
nounpumy (plural pumies)

plural pumies

  1. obsoletepebble; stone

    From bough to bough he lepped light , And oft the pumies latched

    1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “March. Ægloga Tertia.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC

Origin

Compare dialectal English pummer (“big, large”), and pomey (“pommel”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

pumy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pumy

MLA

“pumy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pumy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pumy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pumy.

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