plumelet

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noun

A small plume.

“When rosy plumelets tuft the larch.”

OriginEnglish plume ← Middle English plume ← Anglo-Norman plume →
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Meanings

nounplumelet (plural plumelets)

plural plumelets

  1. A small plume.

    When rosy plumelets tuft the larch.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*plewk-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*plewk-smeh₂
  4. Proto-Italic*plouksmā
  5. Latinplūma
  6. Anglo-Normanplume
  7. Middle Englishplume
  8. Englishplume
  9. Englishplumelet

From plume + -let.

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APA

plumelet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plumelet

MLA

“plumelet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plumelet. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plumelet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plumelet.

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