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plumate

[ ploo-meyt, -mit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Zoology.

resembling a feather, as a hair or bristle that bears smaller hairs.

plumate

/ -mɪt; ˈpluːmeɪt /

adjective

of, relating to, or possessing one or more feathers or plumes
resembling a plume; covered with small hairs
a plumate seed

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Word History and Origins

Origin of plumate¹

First recorded in 1820–30, plumate is from the Latin word ��ū��ٳܲ� feathered. See plume, -ate ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of plumate¹

C19: from Latin ��ܳ��ٳܲ� covered with feathers; see plume

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After breakfast he dusted the glass over these portraits himself with a cloth, and brushed the oil painting of his wife with a plumate kept suspended from a small brass hook by the side of the heavy gold frame.

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