plumagedadj.
/ˈpluːmɪdʒd/, U.S. /ˈplumɪdʒd/ Provided with or as with plumage, feathered; having plumage. Frequently as the second element in compounds.
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featheredc1300
penneda1398
well-feathered1525
well-plumed1575
plumy1590
feathery1637
well-fledged1650
pennigerous1656
plumigerous1656
penniferous1722
flighted1735
plumaged1777
fledgy1818
plumulose1826
1777 J. Richardson Dict. Persian, Arabic & Eng. I. 826/2 An ornamented or plumaged crown or diadem.
1793 J. Leslie in tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds IV. 133 (note) It appears very probable, that the changeable-plumaged Gold-finches, of which he speaks, are really Widow-birds.
a1805 C. Anstey New Bath Guide in Poet. Wks. (1808) ii. ii. 229 Tho' so powder'd and plumag'd it came to the feast, It had ne'er tasted small-comb this twelvemonth at least.
1837 W. H. Ainsworth Crichton I. 297 Parrots, and other gaily plumaged birds.
1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales 87 Flocks of bright-plumaged water-fowl.
1924 E. Sitwell Sleeping Beauty i. 15 The soft sounds die of plumaged revelry bright as her train of courtiers.
1988 L. Hutcheon Canad. Postmodern v. 97 What did it mean in the end to look aesthetically plumaged on this October day in the east end of the city five hundred yards from Front Street?
1999 Birdwatch Apr. 19/3 Two [birds] were first-winters, but the other was a sumptuously plumaged adult.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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