déplumé — déplumé, ée [ deplyme ] adj. • de déplumer 1 ♦ Qui a perdu des plumes, ses plumes. 2 ♦ (fin XVIe) Fam. Qui perd ses cheveux. Crâne déplumé. ⇒ chauve. « Un homme entre deux âges, grisonnant et déplumé » (A. Daudet). ⇒DÉPLUMÉ, ÉE, part. passé et… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Deplume — De*plume , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deplumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depluming}.] [LL. deplumare; L. de + plumare to cover with feathers, pluma feather: cf. deplumis featherless, and F. d[ e]plumer.] 1. To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
deplume — index despoil, plunder Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
déplumé — DÉPLUMÉ, ÉE. adject. À qui les plumes sont tombées, ou bien à qui on les a ôtées … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
deplume — [dē plo͞om′] vt. deplumed, depluming [ME deplumen < ML deplumare: see DE & PLUME] 1. to pull or pluck the feathers from 2. to strip of honor, riches, etc. deplumation n … English World dictionary
deplume — deplumation, n. /dee ploohm /, v.t., deplumed, depluming. 1. to deprive of feathers; pluck. 2. to strip of honor, wealth, etc. [1375 1425; late ME deplumen < ML deplumare, equiv. to L de DE + plum(a) feather (see PLUME) + are inf. suffix] * * * … Universalium
deplume — Synonyms and related words: abase, bleed, bleed white, boot, bounce, break, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, bump, bust, can, cashier, cast reproach upon, debase, defrock, degrade, demote, denude, depose, deprive, despoil,… … Moby Thesaurus
deplume — v. pluck, strip of feathers; take away honors or wealth … English contemporary dictionary
deplume — verb remove feathers from (a bird) … English new terms dictionary
deplume — de·plume … English syllables