plumage

Meaning

Noun

Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally; feathering.
Finery or elaborate dress.

Origin

From Old French plumage (14c.), itself from plume (from Latin plūma, from a Proto-Indo-European base *plews- + -age.

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