Deplume

//diːˈpluːm// verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To strip of feathers or plumage. transitive

    "On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather."

  2. 2
    strip of feathers wordnet
  3. 3
    To lay bare; to expose. figuratively, transitive

    "the exposure and depluming […] of the leading humbugs of the age"

  4. 4
    strip of honors, possessions, or attributes wordnet
  5. 5
    To condense excess water vapor from the flue gas.

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"On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather."

Etymology

From French déplumer, from Latin dēplūmō, from dē- + plūmō (“to cover with feathers”), from plūma (“feather”). Compare dēplūmis (“featherless”).

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