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 Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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