implumed

adj

implumed

adj

Etymology From im- + plumed.

1

Archaic not plumed; without plumes or feathers

When now the Eagle cutting off his tale, And even for sorrow waxing wan and pale; At which sad sight, this poore implumed crue, Stand faintly trembling in their soveraignes view1619, Michael Drayton, “The Owl”, in Poems:

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