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deplume
[dee-ploom]
verb (used with object)
deplumed, depluming
to deprive of feathers; pluck.
to strip of honor, wealth, etc.
deplume
/ 徱ːˈː /
verb
to deprive of feathers; pluck
to deprive of honour, position, wealth, etc
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Other 51Թ Forms
- deplumation noun
- ˌˈپDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins
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Bacon wasn’t royalty, when royalty sometimes used the nom deplume because it was “improper” for royalty to be artistic or theatrical.
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For he saw that the heron was dead, and the peregrines had already commenced depluming it.
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The loss of feathers is probably due to the depluming mite.
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