auriphrygiate

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for auriphrygiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology

From Late Latin auriphrigiatus; Latin aurum (“gold”) + Late Latin phrygiare (“to adorn with Phrygian needlework, or with embroidery”); perhaps corrupted from some other word.

Adjective

auriphrygiate (not comparable)

  1. Embroidered or decorated with gold.

References

  • auriphrygiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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