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displume (medicine)


displume


To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade. "Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed." (Burke)

Origin: Pref. Dis- + plume: cf. OF. Desplumer, F. Deplumer.

Source: Websters Dictionary


dead-end (iou)



dead-end noun, adjective, & verb. L19.
[from DEAD adjective + END noun.]
A. noun. (Also as two words.) The closed end of a passage etc., a cul-de-sac; fig. a job, policy, course of action, etc., with no prospects of advancement. L19.
b. adjective. Closed at the end, leading nowhere; fig. having no possibilities for advancement, Promotion, etc. L19.
dead-end kid a young slum-dwelling tough, a juvenile delinquent.
C. verb trans. & intrans. Bring or come to a dead-end. E20.