imperial
adjectivenouncommon in dialogue
- United States//ɪmˈpɪɹ.i.əl//
- Australia//ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.əl//
Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
adjective
- 1
Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
the imperial diadem of Rome
- 2
Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
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.
- 3
Very grand or fine.
- 4
Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
- 5
Stronger than typical. (Derived from the name of Russian Imperial stout, a strong dark beer.)
Imperial pale ale, Imperial IPA, Imperial pilsner, Imperial milk stout, Imperial lager, Imperial mead
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.
noun
- 1
A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
- 2
A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.
- 3
A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
- 4
Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
- 5
A crown imperial.
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.
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A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III).
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A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.
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historicalAn outside or roof seat on a diligence or carriage.
...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.
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historicalA suitcase or trunk designed to be transported on the roof of a carriage.
[T]he imperials were packed, and the post-chariot was at the door.
- 10
A variety of green tea.
Forms
- plural
- imperials
- comparative
- more imperial
- superlative
- most imperial
imperial · Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
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