deplume
Americanverb (used with object)
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to deprive of feathers; pluck.
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to strip of honor, wealth, etc.
verb
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to deprive of feathers; pluck
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to deprive of honour, position, wealth, etc
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of deplume
1375–1425; late Middle English deplumen < Medieval Latin dēplūmāre, equivalent to Latin dē- de- + plūm ( a ) feather ( see plume) + -āre infinitive suffix
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Bacon wasn’t royalty, when royalty sometimes used the nom deplume because it was “improper” for royalty to be artistic or theatrical.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
In July, when Elon Musk rebranded Twitter as X, he posted, to the newly deplumed platform, “I knew birds weren’t real.”
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2024
Palladius, On Husbondrie, written in the fourth century, and Englished in the fifteenth century, tells of goose-picking:— "Twice a yere deplumed may they be, In spryngen tyme and harvest tyme."
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse
For he saw that the heron was dead, and the peregrines had already commenced depluming it.
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
The loss of feathers is probably due to the depluming mite.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)
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