plumptitude

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The Ennuyée, one is given to understand, dies; and it was a little vexatious to behold her sitting on a sofa, in a very becoming state of blooming _plumptitude_; but it was some compensation to be introduced to her.

Records of a Girlhood Fanny Kemble 1851
"The Lord Chancellor having formally announced that Parliament stood prorogued until the 20th of August, Her Majesty rose as majestically as could be expected from one more remarkable for rosy plumptitude than regal altitude; Prince Albert took his place at her side; the crown and sword bearers took theirs in front, the train-bearers theirs in the rear, and the royal procession swept slowly forth, the brilliant house broke up and followed, and so the splendid pageant passed away -- faded like a piece of fairy enchantment."

Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood Grace Greenwood 1863