plumy

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *plew-

Proto-Indo-European *plewk-der.

Proto-Indo-European *plewk-smeh₂

Proto-Italic *plouksmā

Latin plūma

Anglo-Norman plumebor.

Middle English plume

English plume

English -y

English plumy

From plume + -y.

Adjective

plumy (comparative more plumy, superlative most plumy)

1. Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery.
   • 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 253:

     The head and neck is of a pure straw yellow above and rich metallic green beneath. The long plumy tufts of golden orange feathers spring from the sides beneath each wing, and when the bird is in repose are partly concealed by them.

Derived terms

• pluminess

Translations

covered or adorned with plumes

• Bulgarian: пернат (bg) (pernat)

References

• “plumy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• lumpy