plungyadj.

Brit.

/ˈplʌn(d)ʒi/, U.S.

/ˈpləndʒi/

Forms: see plunge v. and -y suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plunge v., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < plunge v. + -y suffix¹.With sense 1 compare later plunge n. 3. With sense 2 compare earlier plunging adj. 5, plunged adj. 2.

†1. Bringing rain; rainy, stormy. Obsolete. rare. N.E.D. (1907) labels this sense as ‘obs. or dial.’, but without any documentation showing regional use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adjective] > causing, bringing, or connected with rain

rainyc1384

plungy?a1425

wetc1425

rainbred1582

showery1594

pluvian1799

rainful1877

rain-making1889

?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. met. iii. 9 The firmament stant dirked with wete, plowngy [v.r. ploungy; L. Nimbosis] cloudes.

?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. met. i. 9 The sterres schynen more aggreablely whan the wynd Nothus leteth his plowngy [L. imbriferos] blastes.

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Iiii^v Pufte vp with pleasures plungie puffes.

2. Of a woman's garment: having a low neckline, cut low at the front; (of a neckline) low-cut, plunging.

ΚΠ

1965 Newark (Ohio) Advocate & Amer. Tribune 18 Dec. 6/7 (advt.) Smooth and shapely, curved and plungy! A great nylon tricot Dress-Shaper.

1994 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 1 Feb. s3 A group of nubile young ladies in very short, plungy dresses..are clustered there.

2000 Scotsman (Nexis) 21 Mar. 17 It was a favourite of Marilyn Monroe's, all plungy necks, tiny waists and full floaty skirts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plungy
释义	plungyadj. Brit. /ˈplʌn(d)ʒi/, U.S. /ˈpləndʒi/ Forms: see plunge v. and -y suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plunge v., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < plunge v. + -y suffix¹.With sense 1 compare later plunge n. 3. With sense 2 compare earlier plunging adj. 5, plunged adj. 2. †1. Bringing rain; rainy, stormy. Obsolete. rare. N.E.D. (1907) labels this sense as ‘obs. or dial.’, but without any documentation showing regional use. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adjective] > causing, bringing, or connected with rain rainyc1384 plungy?a1425 wetc1425 rainbred1582 showery1594 pluvian1799 rainful1877 rain-making1889 ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. met. iii. 9 The firmament stant dirked with wete, plowngy [v.r. ploungy; L. Nimbosis] cloudes. ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. met. i. 9 The sterres schynen more aggreablely whan the wynd Nothus leteth his plowngy [L. imbriferos] blastes. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Iiii^v Pufte vp with pleasures plungie puffes. 2. Of a woman's garment: having a low neckline, cut low at the front; (of a neckline) low-cut, plunging. ΚΠ 1965 Newark (Ohio) Advocate & Amer. Tribune 18 Dec. 6/7 (advt.) Smooth and shapely, curved and plungy! A great nylon tricot Dress-Shaper. 1994 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 1 Feb. s3 A group of nubile young ladies in very short, plungy dresses..are clustered there. 2000 Scotsman (Nexis) 21 Mar. 17 It was a favourite of Marilyn Monroe's, all plungy necks, tiny waists and full floaty skirts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1425
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