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plumery

plumery noun: plumes, collectively or in general; plumage.

Noun

plumery (countable and uncountable, plural plumeries)

  1. (archaic) Plumes, collectively or in general; plumage.
    • O may the raven-bird whose cry our hapless parting croaked / Find ne'er a nesty home and eke shed all his plumery!1894, Leonard Charles Smithers, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 1, page 194

Forms of plumery

pluralplumeries

Origin of plumery

From plume + -ery.

Questions about plumery

What does plumery mean?
Plumery means plumes, collectively or in general; plumage.
What part of speech is plumery?
Plumery is a noun.
What is the plural of plumery?
The plural of plumery is plumeries.

Words near plumery in the dictionary

  1. plumeria
  2. plumerias
  3. plumericin
  4. plumeries
  5. plumers
  6. plumery
  7. plumes
  8. plumeseed
  9. plumest
  10. plumetail
  11. plumeth

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