Feathern
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of feather dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, plural
"'Sit down, sit down, my master dear, Write a love-letter hastily, And put it in under my feathern gray, And I'll away to southen land as fast as I can flee. […]'"
Adjective
- 1 Relating to or consisting of feathers. rare
"It may still be prevalent in parti-colored breeds where excellence of feathern pattern seems enhanced by slow juvenile feather growth."
Example
More examples"'Sit down, sit down, my master dear, Write a love-letter hastily, And put it in under my feathern gray, And I'll away to southen land as fast as I can flee. […]'"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English fetheren, plural of fether (“fether”), equivalent to feather + -en (plural marker).
Etymology 2
From feather + -en.
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