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单词 plumigerous
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plumigerousadj.

Brit. /pluːˈmɪdʒ(ə)rəs/, U.S. /pluˈmɪdʒ(ə)rəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin plūmiger , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin plūmiger covered with feathers, feathered ( < plūmi- , combining form of plūma plume n. + -ger : see -gerous comb. form) + -ous suffix.
rare.
That has or wears plumes or feathers; (also) relating to the wearing of plumes.
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the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective]
featheredc1300
penneda1398
well-feathered1525
well-plumed1575
plumy1590
feathery1637
well-fledged1650
pennigerous1656
plumigerous1656
penniferous1722
flighted1735
plumaged1777
fledgy1818
plumulose1826
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing parts of clothing
purfledc1400
weltedc1507
blue1600
buttoned1604
cockaded1713
epauletted1810
shoulder-knotted1812
plumigerous1827
white-favoured1847
buttony1848
scale-shouldered1849
pointed1904
whaleboned1908
ruffly1909
ruched1923
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Plumigerous, that beareth feathers.
1788 J. Seally Lady's Encycl. II. 311 The air is peopled with..plumigerous inhabitants.
1827 S. Smith Wks. (1850) 475 Military colleges, with thirty-four professors, educating seventeen ensigns per annum,..with every species of nonsense, athletic, sartorial, and plumigerous.
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xvii. 151 The various piligerous, plumigerous, pennigerous and squamigerous animals.
1942 Classical Philol. 37 192 Ciris was fully justified in calling her relations ‘plumigerous’, because not only Progne..but also Philomela and Tereus had been changed into birds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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