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ˌplumeoˈpicean, a. humorous nonce-wd. [f. L. plūme-us feathery + pice-us pitchy + -an.] Composed of tar and feathers: alluding to the practice of tarring and feathering an obnoxious person.
1843Syd. Smith Let. Amer. Debts ii. Wks. 1859 II. 331/2, I will appear on my knees at the bar of the Pennsylvanian Senate in the plumeopicean robe of American controversy. 1861Sat. Rev. 7 Dec. 573 Those whom it proposed to teach would destroy the types, and invest the compositors with the plumeopicean robe of the republican Nemesis. |