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
Abiram		ə-BIE-rəm (English)	Biblical
Firoz		-	Persian
MÄRta		-	Swedish
Brenda		BREN-də	English
GØRan		-	Norwegian
MÜGe		-	Turkish

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