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deplume

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7 lettersPronunciation /diːˈpluːm/Part of speech verbSorted deelmpuStarts with DEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. strip of feathers

Word origin

From French déplumer, from Latin dēplūmō, from dē- + plūmō (“to cover with feathers”), from plūma (“feather”). Compare dēplūmis (“featherless”).

Used in a sentence

  • On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather.
  • Before the birds are cut and quartered by the butchers they must be totally deplumed.
  • the exposure and depluming […] of the leading humbugs of the age

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