plustern.
to fluff up, puff up (principally of birds, but also cats etc.)
Meaning & usage
to fluff up, puff up (principally of birds, but also cats etc.)
to prance, boast, behave showily
Where this word comes from
Ca. 1600, from Middle Low German plûsteren, iterative of plûsen (“to pick, pluck”). The sense developed from the way that chickens and other poultry groom their plumage. Cognate with Middle Dutch plûusteren; compare also Modern Dutch pluizen. Further origin uncertain; possibly from Old French peluchier.
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