er·mined \-nd\adjective Etymology: Middle English, from ermine + -ed 1.: trimmed or lined with ermine < a robe with ermined sleeves > 2. a.: clothed in an ermined robe (as a judge or peer) b.: made a judge or peer < a newly ermined Labourite > 3.: having heraldic ermine spots of the tincture specified < a roundel sable ermined argent >