Definition

1. Verb:
   • To strip of feathers: To remove the feathers from a bird, typically by pulling them out.
   • To strip of honors, possessions, or attributes: To deprive someone of their status, awards, or qualities, often in a humiliating or forceful manner.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • The farmer had to displume the goose before preparing it for cooking.
  • The scandal served to displume the once-respected politician of all his titles and public esteem.

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: Often used in a metaphorical sense to describe the act of stripping away dignity, reputation, or external trappings.
  • The investigative report threatened to displume the corporation of its carefully crafted image of social responsibility.

Variants and Related Words

• Deplume (verb): A less common variant with the same meaning as "displume."
  • He was deplumed of his knighthood after the conviction.

Synonyms

• Pluck: To pull out feathers or hair.
• Strip: To remove a covering or layer; to deprive of property, rights, or titles.
• Denude: To strip something of its covering, possessions, or assets.

Antonyms

• Adorn: To make more beautiful or attractive; to decorate.
• Invest: To provide or endow with a particular quality, attribute, or item.
• Honor: To regard or treat with admiration and respect; to confer honor upon.

Related Phrases and Idioms

(This word is highly specific and is not commonly used in standard idioms or phrasal verbs.)

Verb

1. strip of feathers
   • pull a chicken
   • pluck the capon
2. strip of honors, possessions, or attributes