purpurated

English

Etymology

From Latin purpurātus (“clothed in purple”) + -ed.[1]

Adjective

purpurated (comparative more purpurated, superlative most purpurated)

  1. (archaic) Clothed in purple (seen as indicating that one is wealthy or noble).

References

  1. ^ “purpurated, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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