Word of the Day

Displume


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Displume is a verb that means to strip of honors or an award. 

The word of the displume is plume, a Latin-based word that refers to the covering or feathers of a bird. The prefix D-I-S means to remove, so to displume a bird means to remove its feathers. Our word of the day may be used in this way or in a more figurative sense, for example:

The committee decided to displume the athlete when they discovered he’d been using performance-enhancing drugs. It’s a shame to see someone stripped of an honor simply because they refused to play by the rules. 

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