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plumy

[ ploo-mee ]

adjective

, plum·i·er, plum·i·est.
  1. having plumes or feathers.
  2. adorned with a plume or plumes:

    a plumy helmet.

  3. plumelike or feathery.


plumy

/ ˈpluːmɪ /

adjective

  1. plumelike; feathery
  2. consisting of, covered with, or adorned with feathers


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Word History and Origins

Origin of plumy1

First recorded in 1575–85; plume + -y 1

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Example Sentences

Soon both were satisfied and stood face to face, both with plumy tail erect and cocked head.

He sat down and sucked his pads, for they were wet with dew, shook his brush plumy again, and meditated.

Tufts of dark and plumy cypresses rise among the flat graves of the enclosure.

Skunks are not bad people; they simply refuse to be kicked around or to have salt placed upon their plumy tails.

Another, teetering high on the plumy crest of a shadowing elm, was emptying its heart of melody.

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