imperial
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: card-games
games
media
printing
publishing
Etymology: From Middle English imperial, from Old French imperial, from Latin imperiālis (“of the empire or emperor, imperial”), from imperium (“empire, imperial government”) + -ālis, from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Displaced Old English cāserlīċ.
Inflected forms:
form: more imperial
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most imperial
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: imperials
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
pos: adj
examples: the imperial diadem of Rome
gloss: Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
pos: adj
examples: Using imperial units such as pounds makes fresh produce look cheaper than it really is, and it might be luring consumers away from frozen produce, which could possibly provide the same nutritional benefits at lower cost.
gloss: Very grand or fine.
pos: adj
gloss: Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
pos: adj
gloss: Stronger than typical. (Derived from the name of Russian Imperial stout, a strong dark beer.)
pos: adj
examples: Imperial pale ale, Imperial IPA, Imperial pilsner, Imperial milk stout, Imperial lager, Imperial mead
gloss: A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A crown imperial.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There are who say the sonnet's meted maze
Is all too fettered for the poet's powers,
Compelled to crowd his flush and airy flowers
Like pots of tall imperials, ill at ease.
gloss: A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An outside or roof seat on a diligence or carriage.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
examples: ...and she was just in time to see Mr. Boyne Sillery hand her aunt into a carriage, jump in himself, when it drove off with a rapidity which scarcely allowed her to observe that a large imperial was on the top, and her aunt's servant, with a huge bandbox, on the dickey.
gloss: A suitcase or trunk designed to be transported on the roof of a carriage.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
examples: [T]he imperials were packed, and the post-chariot was at the door.
gloss: A variety of green tea.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: in old money
Related words: emperor
empire
empress
imperious
Derived words: Australian pied imperial pigeon
eastern imperial eagle
extraimperial
free imperial city
Her Imperial Highness
His Imperial Highness
Imperial Aramaic
imperial boomerang
imperial circle
Imperial City
Imperial County
imperial cult
imperial cypher
imperial decree
imperial disease
imperial drill
imperial examination
imperial gallon
Imperial Highness
imperial India pale ale
imperialism
imperialist
imperialistic
imperialities
imperiality
imperialization
imperialize
imperial jade
imperial knight
imperially
imperial moth
imperialness
imperial pint
imperial prince
imperial princess
imperial-royal
imperial shag
Imperial stout
Imperial Valley
imperial we
interimperial
intraimperial
mint imperial
neo-imperial
nonimperial
postimperial
preimperial
Their Imperial Majesties
Torresian imperial pigeon
unimperial
York Imperial
Your Imperial Highness
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