displumev.
/dɪsˈpluːm/ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > feather > [verb (transitive)] > moult
mewc1380
displume1480
moult1530
moulter1648
throw1765
1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xi. i Lyke as the fowles dysplume theyr fethers and the trees theyr levys.
2.
a. To strip of plumes; = deplume v. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of feathers or plumes
deplumec1420
unfeather1483
plume1525
unplume1566
unfledge1598
implume1604
displume1623
pelt1692
ploat1855
1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood ii. i. 63 Desirous to displume the great Romaine Eagle.
1871 A. C. Swinburne Songs before Sunrise Wastes where the wind's wings break Displumed by daylong ache And anguish of blind snows.
b. transferred and figurative. = deplume v. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > degrade [verb (transitive)]
vile1297
supplanta1382
to bring lowa1387
revilea1393
gradea1400
villain1412
abject?a1439
to-gradea1440
vilifyc1450
villainy1483
disparage1496
degradea1500
deject?1521
disgraduate1528
disgress1528
regrade1534
base1538
diminute1575
lessen1579
to turn down1581
to pitch (a person) over the bar?1593
disesteem1594
degender1596
unnoble1598
disrank1599
reduce1599
couch1602
disthrone1603
displume1606
unplume1621
disnoble1622
disworth?1623
villainize1623
unglory1626
ungraduate1633
disennoble1645
vilicate1646
degraduate1649
bemean1651
deplume1651
lower1653
cheapen1654
dethrone1659
diminish1667
scoundrel1701
sink1706
demean1715
abjectate1731
unglorifya1740
unmagnify1747
undignify1768
to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819
dishero1838
misdemean1843
downgrade1892
demote1919
objectify1973
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 38 Humblenes may flaring Pride dis-plume.
1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. To Rdr. sig. A vj a Academicall wits might displume them of these figge-tree leaues and manifest their nakednes to the world.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. x. ii. 196 Fénélon, so pitiably displumed of all his shining virtues.
Derivatives
disˈplumed adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > stripped or made bare > stripped of hair or feathers > stripped of feathers or plumes
plumed1573
deplumeda1627
displumed1660
deplumated1727
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 250 Abundance of tame ducks, and a number of displumed geese.
1814 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 38 440 A helmet displumed overshades his gray hair.
1827 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 35 139 His companion..reported the vanquished and displumed condor to be still alive.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 9 The displumed hills stood clear against the sky.
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