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plume oneself
plume oneself
Congratulate oneself, boast, as in He plumed himself on his victory. This idiom transfers the bird's habit of dressing its feathers to human self-satisfaction. [First half of 1600s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Minoo | | - | Persian |
| Venyamin | | vye-nee-ah-MEEN, vee-nee-ah-MEEN | Russian |
| Bilal | | - | Arabic, Urdu |
| Saul | | SAWL (English) | Biblical, Jewish, Biblical Latin |
| Eben | | - | English |
| Amnon | | - | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew |