unplumedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpluːmd/, U.S. /ˌənˈplumd/ Now rare and chiefly poetic.
1. Not provided with a plume or plumes; unfeathered.
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the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > unfledged or not fully fledged
featherlessc1460
implumec1540
callow1567
unfledge1581
unplumed1598
implumed1604
unfledgeda1616
pin-feathered1641
squab1706
implumous1755
fledgeless1769
callowy1823
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [adjective] > having feathers > not
featherlessc1460
unplumed1598
unfeathered1611
unfledged1752
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Spennato, vnfeathered vnplumed.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 338 They will..kill young pigeons whiles they be calow and unplumed.
1638 W. Davenant Madagascar 3 Their Arrowes were unplum'd, Their Bowes unstrung.
1777 R. Potter tr. Æschylus Agamemnon in tr. Æschylus Tragedies 217 Like vulturs, which, their unplumed offspring lost, Whirl many a rapid flight.
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc ix. 230 With a light and unplumed casquetel She helm'd her head.
1804 European Mag. & London Rev. June 413/2 Whether it was..plain or coloured, plumed or unplumed, covered or uncovered.
1871 H. King tr. Ovid Metamorphoses vi. 946 Not with their birth Those pinions came;..young Calaïs And Zethes grew unplumed.
1907 E. N. Harleston Toiler's Life 51 Ye unplumed knights, fresh courage take, And lay your armor down.
1996 Poetry Aug. 259 Vultures... The necks, unplumed and flexible as rubber hose.
2. figurative. Lacking honour or distinction; unworthy; undignified. Also: unadorned. Now rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [adjective] > ornamented or decorated > not
untiffed?c1225
plainc1330
ungarnishedc1400
undecked1570
dudgeon?1589
stark naked?1594
unbepranked1594
unembellished1630
unadorned1637
unbecomed1646
unfringed1646
unplumed1646
unembroidered1649
unornamented1688
undecorateda1763
naked1850
unveneered1886
no-frill1933
no-frills1948
1646 T. Philipot Poems 30 Passengers shall think this tomb the Cell, Where unplum'd victorie did ever dwell.
1798 H. Brand Conflict ii. iv, in Plays & Poems 183 Those honours priz'd, Which, in the eye of undiscerning crowds, Will give respect to him who fights your battles, Beyond what unplum'd courage ever meets.
1818 H. H. Milman Samor vii. 267 Had it seem'd love, her very pride had quell'd The unplum'd phantasy.
1930 E. Sitwell Pleasures of Poetry 1st Ser. 65 The unplumed uncouthness..gained by the change from the assonances of the first line, to the ups and downs of the very varied vowels in the second line.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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