plumy

[ ploo-mee ]

adjective

, plum·i·er, plum·i·est.

1. having plumes or feathers.
2. adorned with a plume or plumes:

   a plumy helmet.

3. plumelike or feathery.

plumy

/ ˈpluːmɪ /

adjective

1. plumelike; feathery
2. consisting of, covered with, or adorned with feathers

Word History and Origins

Origin of plumy¹

First recorded in 1575–85; plume + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The golden retriever waits, “his tail a plumy metronome.”

From Washington Post

A lace handkerchief, a plumy fan, and a bouquet in a shoulder holder finished her off, and Miss Belle surveyed her with the satisfaction of a little girl with a newly dressed doll.

From Literature

They dispersed about the room, reminding me, by the lightness and buoyancy of their movements, of a flock of white plumy birds.

From Literature

A mere lump of brown or whitish jelly, it lies like a lifeless thing on the rock to which it clings, and it is difficult to believe that it has an elaborate and exceedingly delicate internal organization, or will ever expand into such grace and beauty as really to deserve the name of the flower after which it has been called ... the whole summit of the body seems crowned with soft, plumy fringes.

From Scientific American

The Orlando Consort recording from 2008, “Scattered Rhythms,” features the mass made deliciously ripe and plumy and placed with gorgeous contemporary works by Tarik O’Regan and Gavin Bryars.

From Los Angeles Times