plumose

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US/ˈplu.moʊs/

adjective

Having feathers or plumes.

“a plumose leaf”

Similar
featheryplumelikeplumateplumedfeathered
OriginLatin plūmōsu ← Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← Proto-Italic *plouksmā →
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Meanings

adjectiveplumose (comparative more plumose, superlative most plumose)

comparative more plumose · superlative most plumose · alternative plumous

  1. Having feathers or plumes.
  2. Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather.

    a plumose leaf

    2 more examples

    Male mosquitoes have plumose antennae

    plumose tentacles

    Synonyms: feathery, plumelike

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather.

Similar
featheryplumelike

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving an ornamental plume or feathery tuft

Similar
plumateplumedfeathered
Also see
pennigerousplumed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*plewk-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*plewk-smeh₂
  4. Proto-Italic*plouksmā
  5. Latinplūma
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  8. Latinplūmōsu
  9. Englishplumose

Learned borrowing from Latin plūmōsus (“feathered”, from plūma (“feather”) + -ōsus (“-ful, -ose”)). By surface analysis, plume + -ose. Compare French plumeux. Piecewise doublet of plumous.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plumose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plumose.

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