implumed

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From im- +‎ plumed.

Adjective[edit]

implumed (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) not plumed; without plumes or feathers
    Synonym: featherless
    • 1619, Michael Drayton, “The Owl”, in Poems:
      When now the Eagle cutting off his tale,
      And even for sorrow waxing wan and pale;
      At which sad sight, this poore implumed crue,
      Stand faintly trembling in their soveraignes view

References[edit]

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

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