plumaged C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈpluːmɪdʒd/ UK /ˈpluːmɪdʒd/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj having feathers or plumage of a specified kind The brightly plumaged parrot drew every visitor's eye. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · having feathers or plumage... featheredplumed ↔ Opposites unfeatheredbald Word family Related forms plumageplumeplumelet Etymology AI details From plumage (from Old French plumage, from plume 'feather', from Latin pluma 'feather, down') + -ed. plumage Old French pluma Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # plumaged **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈpluːmɪdʒd/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpluːmɪdʒd/ ## Meanings 1. having feathers or plumage of a specified kind ## Examples - The brightly plumaged parrot drew every visitor's eye. ## Synonyms - feathered - plumed ## Antonyms - unfeathered - bald ## Related Forms - plumage - plume - plumelet ## Roots and Affixes - Root: plumage - Root: pluma ## Etymology From plumage (from Old French plumage, from plume 'feather', from Latin pluma 'feather, down') + -ed. ## AI Etymology Plumaged is from plumage (from Old French plumage, from plume 'feather', from Latin pluma 'feather, down') + -ed. Important recorded forms include plumage (Old French) and pluma (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers having feathers or plumage of a specified kind. The wider family includes related words such as plumage, plume, and plumelet. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown