plumose

[ ploo-mohs ]

adjective

1. having feathers or plumes; feathered.
2. feathery or plumelike.

plumose

/ ˈpluːməʊs; -məʊz; pluːˈmɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

1. another word for plumate

Derived Forms

• plumosity, noun
• ˈplumosely, adverb

Other Words From

• plumose·ly adverb
• plu·mos·i·ty [ploo-, mos, -i-tee], plumose·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of plumose¹

From the Latin word plūmōsus, dating back to 1720–30. See plume, -ose ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of plumose¹

C17: from Latin plūmōsus feathery

Example Sentences

Flowers perfect; inner perianth of three yellow petals; perfect stamens and plumose sterile filaments each 3; pod 1-celled, many-seeded on 3 parietal placentæ.

From Project Gutenberg

A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact.It is sulphide of antimony and lead.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus, when acting as swimming organs, the appendages, or their rami, are more or less flattened, or oar-like, and often have the margins fringed with long plumose hairs.

From Project Gutenberg

An upbeat grandmotherly woman with a plumose crown of lovely white hair, Sister Barbara calmly invited me to sit down across from her and asked me to tell her what had brought me there.

From New York Times

In the Sebastopol goose the scapular feathers are greatly elongated, curled, or even spirally twisted, with the margins plumose.125 Fig. 47.

From Project Gutenberg