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Added 9 October 2026

plum

/plʌm/ noun

In Latin: prūnum Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about plum at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone.
Any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit.
A highly desirable position or assignment.
a political plum

adverb

Exactly.
fell plumb in the middle of the puddle
Completely; used as intensifiers.
clean forgot the appointment

Origin

From Middle English plomme, ploume, from Old English plūme, from Proto-West Germanic *plūmā, borrowed from Latin prūnum. Doublet of prune.

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