Decorated, trimmed, or lined with ermine fur, especially as applied to royal or noble robes and ceremonial garments.
From 'ermine' (the fur) plus the past participle suffix '-ed,' creating an adjective that describes something adorned with ermine; usage peaked during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
In heraldry and royal portraits, 'ermined' robes are a visual badge of power—artists would paint hundreds of tiny black dots on white fur to show status, and counting the ermine spots was like medieval flex culture.
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