pluminaryn.
Probably a scribal error for classical Latin plūmāriōs, accusative singular of plūmārius embroiderer (Varro; in post-classical Latin also in the Vulgate (Exodus 35:35)) in the Stephens MS (1620), which was carried over into the 1652 edition; N.E.D. (1908) defines the word as ‘Perhaps: a worker or dealer in plumes or feathers’ and etymologizes it as ‘irreg. < plume n.’, comparing post-classical Latin pluminare a pillow stuffed with feathers (1329 in an Italian source).See further the edition of Donne's Paradoxes and Problems by H. Peters (1980), pp. 47–9 (text) and 125–6 (notes).
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > workers with other animal materials > [noun] > with feathers
plumassier1589
feather-monger1599
pluminarya1631
plumist1812
feather-curler?1881
a1631 J. Donne Paradoxes (1652) sig. D6 Embroiderers, Painters, and such Artificers of curious vanities, which the vulgar call Pluminaries [1632 O'Flaherty MS Embroyderers, Paynters, and such Artificers of curious vanityes, wch Varro and the vulgar edition call Plumarios.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2017).
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