ermined

English

Etymology

From ermine +‎ -ed.

Verb

ermined

1. simple past and past participle of ermine

Adjective

ermined (not comparable)

1. Dressed in ermine.

   an ermined judge

2. (heraldry) Having an ermine tincture in a colour other than black and white.
   • 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:

     [...] 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.

Derived terms

• unermined

Anagrams

• Meriden, deminer, enmired, remined, ridemen