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pennage¹

  • /ˈpɛn.ɪd͡ʒ/

Where it comes from

From pen + -age.

noun pennages

  1. countable, uncountable The confining of animals in pens.
  2. countable, uncountable A fee paid for the accommodation of animals in pens.

pennage²

  • /ˈpɛn.ɪd͡ʒ/

Where it comes from

From penna + -age, from Latin penna, pinna (“wing, feather”). Perhaps analogous to French pennage, the same Latinate root and suffix elements having both entered at an earlier stage (cf. Middle English penne, -age).

noun

  1. obsolete feathery covering; plumage AND IN THIS REGARD eſpecially, namely for breeding after the ſummer Sunſteed, the Halcyones are of great name and much marked. The very ſeas, and they that ſaile thereupon, know well when they ſit and breed. This very bird ſo notable, is little bigger than a ſparrow: for the more part of her pennage,

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@misc{pennage_2026,
  title = {pennage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pennage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}