plumoseadj.

Brit.

/ˈpluːməʊs/,

/pluːˈməʊs/, U.S.

/ˈpluˌmoʊs/,

/ˈpluˌmoʊz/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin plūmōsus.

Etymology: < classical Latin plūmōsus covered with feathers, feathered, (of plants) downy < plūma plume n. + -ōsus -ose suffix¹. Compare French plumeux (1783 in a botanical sense: see plumous adj.). Compare slightly earlier plumosity n. and also plumous adj.In plumose alum n. at Compounds after post-classical Latin alumen plumosum.

1. Originally Mineralogy, now chiefly Botany and Zoology. Resembling a feather in structure or appearance; feathery, downy; esp. having two series of fine separated filaments on opposite sides; having fine secondary hairs (applied esp. to the pappus in some plants of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae), or the hairs composing this). Cf. plumous adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > feather-like

feathered1578

plumose1678

the world > the earth > minerals > mineral structure or appearance > [adjective] > plumose

plumose1796

1678 W. Salmon tr. Pharmacopœia Londinensis iii. i. 269 Salts, as, Alom Catine, Roch allom, Allom plumose or cleaving, and Saccharine.

a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 179 Marcasites..of a plumose Texture.

1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. II. 1135 The seeds are oblong, and crowned with a plumose down.

?1787 W. F. Mavor New Dict. Nat. Hist. II. at Nereis The mouth is unguiculate; and above it are plumose tentacula.

1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 34 Sal Ammoniac... Its Crystals are plumose.

1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica vii. 292 Fruits elongate, surmounted by a plumose pappus.

?1834 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 2. 49 Mixed with the ‘comoid’ variety of ‘cirrus’,..accompanied with some specimens of the ‘plumose’ variety.

1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man (1883) xiii. 385 The barbs of the feathers..are filamentous or plumose.

1908 B. L. Robinson & M. L. Fernald Gray's Man. Bot. (ed. 7) 776 Pappus composed entirely of capillary bristles, not plumose.

1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) ix. 153 The aperture is three-cornered and is guarded by a series of plumose setæ, which extend across it from its outer lip.

1961 H. H. Allan Flora N.Z. I. 594 Pappus of plumose hairs, plant hispid... Picris. Pappus of simple hairs, plant not hispid... Sonchus.

1987 K. Rushforth Tree Planting & Managem. (1990) 162/2 The foliage is partly juvenile and thus gives the tree a feathery or plumose aspect.

†2. Having feathers; consisting of or characterized by feathers; feathered. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > feathered

plumeda1529

feathered1686

plumose1727

pinnated1776

pinnate1890

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Plumose, full of feathers.

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 361 The cuneiform-tailed Psittacus, with naked temples, and plumose lines.

1834 Pearl & Lit. Gaz. 7 June 180/3 The plumose songsters of the forests have already commenced their mellifluous warblings.

Compounds

† plumose alum n. Obsolete = plume alum n. at plume n. Compounds 2 (see also quot. 1678 at sense 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [noun] > alum > feather alum

alum plumec1425

plume alum1600

feather-alum1693

plumose alum1732

alunogen1834

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 275 It is held for certaine, that the Salamanders wooll, and Alumen Plumosum are not subiect to fire, yet are they subiect to corruption.]

1732 T. Short Hist. Mineral Waters Derbyshire, Lincs., & Yorks. ii. 197 This Water affords also Ocre of Lime-stone, and a little plumose Alum.

1802 Edinb. Rev. 1 58 Crystals of gypsum and plumose alum.

1853 A. Ure Dict. of Arts, Manuf. & Mines 51 Pliny, in speaking of something like plumose alum, says, that it struck a black color with pomegranate juice.

plumose anemone n. a sea anemone with feathery tentacles, esp. one of the genus Metridium.

ΚΠ

a1863 W. D. Stuart Mem. (1865) 169 I found many beautiful plumose anemones, their delicate thread-like tentacles waving to and fro with the slightest ripple.

1935 Discovery Apr. 97/2 Of anemones we have nothing quite so fine as the Plumose Anemone so well shown in European aquaria.

1996 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Feb. 4/4 The insucking plumose anemone..first devours the shrimp and then takes Eustace's finger between its ‘cold lips’.

Derivatives

† plumoseness n. Obsolete rare the state or condition of being plumose; plumosity.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) (at cited word) Plumoseness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	plumose
释义	plumoseadj. Brit. /ˈpluːməʊs/, /pluːˈməʊs/, U.S. /ˈpluˌmoʊs/, /ˈpluˌmoʊz/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin plūmōsus. Etymology: < classical Latin plūmōsus covered with feathers, feathered, (of plants) downy < plūma plume n. + -ōsus -ose suffix¹. Compare French plumeux (1783 in a botanical sense: see plumous adj.). Compare slightly earlier plumosity n. and also plumous adj.In plumose alum n. at Compounds after post-classical Latin alumen plumosum. 1. Originally Mineralogy, now chiefly Botany and Zoology. Resembling a feather in structure or appearance; feathery, downy; esp. having two series of fine separated filaments on opposite sides; having fine secondary hairs (applied esp. to the pappus in some plants of the family Asteraceae ( Compositae), or the hairs composing this). Cf. plumous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > feather-like feathered1578 plumose1678 the world > the earth > minerals > mineral structure or appearance > [adjective] > plumose plumose1796 1678 W. Salmon tr. Pharmacopœia Londinensis iii. i. 269 Salts, as, Alom Catine, Roch allom, Allom plumose or cleaving, and Saccharine. a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 179 Marcasites..of a plumose Texture. 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. II. 1135 The seeds are oblong, and crowned with a plumose down. ?1787 W. F. Mavor New Dict. Nat. Hist. II. at Nereis The mouth is unguiculate; and above it are plumose tentacula. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 34 Sal Ammoniac... Its Crystals are plumose. 1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica vii. 292 Fruits elongate, surmounted by a plumose pappus. ?1834 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 2. 49 Mixed with the ‘comoid’ variety of ‘cirrus’,..accompanied with some specimens of the ‘plumose’ variety. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man (1883) xiii. 385 The barbs of the feathers..are filamentous or plumose. 1908 B. L. Robinson & M. L. Fernald Gray's Man. Bot. (ed. 7) 776 Pappus composed entirely of capillary bristles, not plumose. 1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) ix. 153 The aperture is three-cornered and is guarded by a series of plumose setæ, which extend across it from its outer lip. 1961 H. H. Allan Flora N.Z. I. 594 Pappus of plumose hairs, plant hispid... Picris. Pappus of simple hairs, plant not hispid... Sonchus. 1987 K. Rushforth Tree Planting & Managem. (1990) 162/2 The foliage is partly juvenile and thus gives the tree a feathery or plumose aspect. †2. Having feathers; consisting of or characterized by feathers; feathered. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > feathered plumeda1529 feathered1686 plumose1727 pinnated1776 pinnate1890 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Plumose, full of feathers. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 361 The cuneiform-tailed Psittacus, with naked temples, and plumose lines. 1834 Pearl & Lit. Gaz. 7 June 180/3 The plumose songsters of the forests have already commenced their mellifluous warblings. Compounds † plumose alum n. Obsolete = plume alum n. at plume n. Compounds 2 (see also quot. 1678 at sense 1). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [noun] > alum > feather alum alum plumec1425 plume alum1600 feather-alum1693 plumose alum1732 alunogen1834 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 275 It is held for certaine, that the Salamanders wooll, and Alumen Plumosum are not subiect to fire, yet are they subiect to corruption.] 1732 T. Short Hist. Mineral Waters Derbyshire, Lincs., & Yorks. ii. 197 This Water affords also Ocre of Lime-stone, and a little plumose Alum. 1802 Edinb. Rev. 1 58 Crystals of gypsum and plumose alum. 1853 A. Ure Dict. of Arts, Manuf. & Mines 51 Pliny, in speaking of something like plumose alum, says, that it struck a black color with pomegranate juice. plumose anemone n. a sea anemone with feathery tentacles, esp. one of the genus Metridium. ΚΠ a1863 W. D. Stuart Mem. (1865) 169 I found many beautiful plumose anemones, their delicate thread-like tentacles waving to and fro with the slightest ripple. 1935 Discovery Apr. 97/2 Of anemones we have nothing quite so fine as the Plumose Anemone so well shown in European aquaria. 1996 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Feb. 4/4 The insucking plumose anemone..first devours the shrimp and then takes Eustace's finger between its ‘cold lips’. Derivatives † plumoseness n. Obsolete rare the state or condition of being plumose; plumosity.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) (at cited word) Plumoseness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1678
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