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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʊnɡəfiːdɐt
"Der ungefederte Vogel saß im Nest."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Stripped or deprived of plumes or feathers.
"The falconer examined the unplumed bird after the molt." - 2
Humbled, crestfallen, or deprived of one's pride or decorative honors.
"After his public defeat, the once-arrogant official walked away unplumed and subdued."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English prefix un- (denoting reversal or deprivation) combined with plumed, stemming from Middle English plum(m)e, originating via Old French from Latin pluma (feather). Historically used in literary contexts to describe birds stripped of their feathers or, metaphorically, a person deprived of pride, pomp, or crest.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Unplumed" is said worldwide
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plumé
Transliteration: plyme
"Il est reparti unplumed de cette confrontation."
ungefiedert
Transliteration: ʊnɡəfiːdɐt
"Der ungefederte Vogel saß im Nest."
spiumato
Transliteration: spjumato
"Il gallo era spiumato dopo la lotta."
desplumado
Transliteration: desplumado
"Regresó desplumado tras perder la discusión."
depenado
Transliteration: depenadu
"O falcão depenado estava descansando."
पंखहीन
Transliteration: pankhheen
"वह अपनी हार के बाद बहुत निराश और पंखहीन महसूस कर रहा था।"
去羽毛的
Transliteration: qù yǔmáo de
"他失败后显得垂头丧气。"
깃털이 뽑힌
Transliteration: gitteori ppopin
"그는 패배한 뒤 기가 죽어 있었다."
羽を抜かれた
Transliteration: hane o nukareta
"彼は自信を失ってしょぼくれていた。"
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