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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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