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ermined

ermined is the simple past and past participle of ermine.

Adjective

ermined (not comparable)

  1. Dressed in ermine.
    • an ermined judge
  2. Having an ermine tincture in a colour other than black and white.
    • [...] one of them being, Argent, within a bordure gules, the cross, crown of thorns, scourges and nails: the field of the other is ermined gules, with the pillar of the flagellation, the spear and reed.1851, Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Norfolk and the City of Norwich, page 201

Meaning of ermine

Verb

ermine (third-person singular simple present ermines, present participle ermining, simple past and past participle ermined)

  1. (transitive) To clothe with ermine.

See all 7 meanings of ermine

Origin of ermined

From ermine + -ed.

Words formed from ermined

Questions about ermined

What does ermined mean?
Ermined means dressed in ermine.
What is ermined the simple past and past participle of?
Ermined is the simple past and past participle of ermine.
What part of speech is ermined?
Ermined is an adjective.

Words near ermined in the dictionary

  1. ermine
  2. ermine moth
  3. ermine moths
  4. erminea
  5. ermineas
  6. ermined
  7. erminee
  8. erminelike
  9. ermines
  10. erminette
  11. erminettes

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