plumed
adjective
unplumed
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a word derived from
plumed.
Example Sentences
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He lifted with slow and graceful action his unplumed hat above his head, and while he bowed that proud front before which kings have trembled, the acclamation burst forth anew, and rent the very air.
From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Charles James Lever
There was no long line of coaches, and no display of magnificence this time—only a quiet, slow-moving procession following the unplumed hearse.
From Three People by Pansy
The words beginning with un, in the following lines may be classed with participial adjectives: "No king, no subject was; unscutcheoned all; Uncrowned, unplumed, unhelmed, unpedigreed; Unlaced, uncoroneted, unbestarred."
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
There be of both kinds;—the female frequently plumed, the male-military plumed, helmed, or crested, and whisker-faced, hairy, Dandy bore, ditto, ditto, ditto.—There are bores unplumed, capped, or hatted, curled or uncurled, bearded and beardless.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 09 by Maria Edgeworth
Spread no wings For sunward flight, thou soul with unplumed vans Sweet is the lower air and safe, and known The homely levels: only strong ones leave The nest each makes his own.
From The Light of Asia by Sir Edwin Arnold
