Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Embroidered with gold; provided with an auriphrygia. Also
aurifrisiate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Embroidered or decorated with gold.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Embroidered or decorated with
gold .
Etymologies
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From Late Latin auriphrigiatus; Latin aurum ("gold") + Late Latin phrygiare "to adorn with Phrygian needlework", or "with embroidery"; perhaps corrupted from some other word.
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