Auriphrygiate

Auriphrygiate
Auriphrygiate Au`ri*phryg"i*ate ([add]`r[i^]*fr[i^]"j[i^]*[asl]t), a. [LL. auriphrigiatus; L. aurum gold + LL. phrygiare to adorn with Phrygian needlework, or with embroidery; perhaps corrupted from some other word. Cf. {Orfrays}.] Embroidered or decorated with gold. [R.] --Southey. [1913 Webster]

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  • auriphrygiate — au·ri·phryg·i·ate …   English syllables

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  • Orfrays — Or frays, n. [OF. orfrais, F. orfroi; F. or gold + fraise, frise, fringe, ruff. See {Fraise}, and cf. {Auriphrygiate}.] See {Orphrey}. [Obs.] Rom. of R. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • auriphrygia —   n. gold embroidery.    ♦ auriphrygiate, a …   Dictionary of difficult words

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