Dictionary entry

Displume

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dis‐plume″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Displumed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Displuming.] [Pref. dis- + plume: cf. OF. desplumer, F. déplumer.] To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.

Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed. Burke.