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unplume

verb

Etymology

From un- + plume.

  1. derived from *plewk-✻ — “to fly”
  2. derived from *plouksmā✻
  3. derived from plūma — “feather, plumage”
  4. derived from plume,plome — “feather, plumage”
  5. derived from plum,plume
  6. inherited from plum,plume — “feather; plumage”
  7. prefixed as unplume — “un + plume”

Definitions

  1. To strip of plumes or feathers.

    • "If I unplume and unjewel my cap," said the youth, tearing off, as he spoke, the feather and brooch that were its ornaments, and dashing them to the earth, […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA