deplume

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deplume

/diːˈpluːm/

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From French déplumer, from Latin dēplūmō, from dē- + plūmō (“to cover with feathers”), from plūma (“feather”). Compare dēplūmis (“featherless”).

verb deplumes · depluming · deplumed

transitive To strip of feathers or plumage. On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather.
Similar: defeather
figuratively, transitive To lay bare; to expose. the exposure and depluming […] of the leading humbugs of the age
To condense excess water vapor from the flue gas.

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@misc{deplume_2026,
  title = {deplume},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deplume},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}