Stripped of feathers or plumage; having feathers removed.
From deplume + -ed (past participle/adjectival suffix). Regular past tense formation from the verb deplume.
Shakespeare used deplumed in a metaphorical sense to describe someone stripped of dignity or power—the feather imagery evoking both vulnerability and loss of beauty, showing how even technical words can carry emotional weight in literature.
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