plumed

[ ploomd ]

adjective

1. having or appearing to have a plume or plumes.

Other Words From

• un·plumed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of plumed¹

First recorded in 1520–30; plume + -ed ³

Example Sentences

People shed the cocoons of their regular lives and emerge plumed in feathers and sequins.

From New York Times

Black smoke plumed over a hill from a botanical gardens on the other side of the hill, he said, and within minutes their community was engulfed in tall orange flames.

From New York Times

The service sees knights take part in a procession to the chapel dressed in green velvet robes and white plumed hats.

From BBC

We were too far away, or were seated behind the choir, or had our view blocked by a guardsman in a plumed helmet.

From Seattle Times

Radioactive fallout plumed over the area but the public was never warned, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a publication founded in 1945 by nuclear physicists concerned about the dangers of atomic weapons.

From New York Times