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English
Etymology
From myrtle + -ed.
Adjective
myrtled (comparative more myrtled, superlative most myrtled)
- (archaic) containing myrtle
1884, John Addington Symonds, New Italian sketches:Thee our Muses invite to these enjoyments; Thee those billows allure, the myrtled seashore, Birds allure with a song, and mighty Gaurus Twines his redolent wreath of vines and ivy.
1863, Bayard Taylor, The Lands of the Saracen:So, by this glorious lane, over the myrtled hills and down into valleys, whose bed was one hue of rose from the blossoming oleanders, we travelled for five hours, crossing the low ranges of hills through which the Orontes forces his way to the sea.
1842, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Complete:Loud wail the dwellers on the myrtled coasts, The green savannas swell the maddened cry, And with a yell from all the demon hosts Falls the great star called Wormwood from the sky!