Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling a plume or feather.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In entomology, resembling a plume: said of a hair or bristle when it bears smaller hairs.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin plūmātus, feathered, from plūma, feather.]
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Examples
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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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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.
The End of the Tether Joseph Conrad 1890
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reesetee commented on the word plumate
having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft
June 12, 2007