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plume oneself
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
Lawrence
LAWR-ən
t
s
English
Ambrosi
-
Georgian
Merve
-
Turkish
Kirils
-
Latvian
Donatella
do-nah-TEL-lah
Italian
Perry
PER-ee
English
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