plumosityn.

Brit.

/pluːˈmɒsᵻti/, U.S.

/pluˈmɑsədi/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin plūmōsus , -ity suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin plūmōsus plumose adj. + -ity suffix. Compare Middle French plumeuseté (1530 in Palsgrave in an apparently isolated attestation), Italian piumosità (a1519). Compare slightly later plumose adj., plumous adj.Blount (see quot. 1656) records a Latin form plumositas but this has not been traced.

Now chiefly Zoology and Botany.

The property or condition of being plumose; featheriness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > fact of being feathered

plumosity1656

plumification1819

featheriness1838

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Plumosity (plumositas), fulness of feathers.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Plumosity, fulness of Feathers.

1782 Mr. Lemon Diss. Errors Marksmen & Gunmakers 15 Before the birds are ripe in plumosity.

1888 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 15 276 Arista with dense short pile on its whole length and less abundant, longer plumosity of the ordinary Volucella.

1901 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28 481 L[acinaria] Boykinii appears intermediate between them in all its characters, such as..plumosity of pappus, and color of corollas.

1950 Amer. Midland Naturalist 43 550 The degree of plumosity varies somewhat with the species, but it is always much more pronounced than in any other African genus.

1990 Independent (Nexis) 12 Aug. 27 The plumosity (featheriness) and lanuginousness (downiness) of body hairs.

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

单词	plumosity
释义	plumosityn. Brit. /pluːˈmɒsᵻti/, U.S. /pluˈmɑsədi/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin plūmōsus , -ity suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin plūmōsus plumose adj. + -ity suffix. Compare Middle French plumeuseté (1530 in Palsgrave in an apparently isolated attestation), Italian piumosità (a1519). Compare slightly later plumose adj., plumous adj.Blount (see quot. 1656) records a Latin form plumositas but this has not been traced. Now chiefly Zoology and Botany. The property or condition of being plumose; featheriness. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > fact of being feathered plumosity1656 plumification1819 featheriness1838 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Plumosity (plumositas), fulness of feathers. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Plumosity, fulness of Feathers. 1782 Mr. Lemon Diss. Errors Marksmen & Gunmakers 15 Before the birds are ripe in plumosity. 1888 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 15 276 Arista with dense short pile on its whole length and less abundant, longer plumosity of the ordinary Volucella. 1901 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28 481 L[acinaria] Boykinii appears intermediate between them in all its characters, such as..plumosity of pappus, and color of corollas. 1950 Amer. Midland Naturalist 43 550 The degree of plumosity varies somewhat with the species, but it is always much more pronounced than in any other African genus. 1990 Independent (Nexis) 12 Aug. 27 The plumosity (featheriness) and lanuginousness (downiness) of body hairs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1656
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