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crim⋅son
[krim-zuh
n, -suhn] 
–adjective
–noun
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
| 1. | deep purplish-red. |
| 2. | sanguinary. |
| 3. | a crimson color, pigment, or dye. |
| 4. | to make or become crimson. |
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Language Translation for : Crimson
| Spanish: | carmesí; rojo como un tomate, | German: | hochrot, | Japanese: | 深紅の |
| crim·son
(krĭm'zən) Pronunciation Key
n. A deep to vivid purplish red to vivid red. tr. & intr.v. crim·soned, crim·son·ing, crim·sons To make or become deeply or vividly red. [Middle English cremesin, from Old Spanish cremesín, Old Italian cremesino or Medieval Latin cremesīnus, all from Arabic qirmizīy, from qirmiz, kermes insect; see kermes.] crim'son adj. |
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crimson
1416, "deep red color," from O.Sp. cremesin "of or belonging to the kermes" (the shield-louse insects from which a deep red dye was obtained), from M.L. cremesinus, from Arabic qirmiz "kermes," from Skt. krmi-ja a compound meaning "(red dye) produced by a worm," from krmih "worm" + -ja- "produced" (from PIE *gene-). For sense evolution, see cochineal. Cf. O.C.S. čruminu, Rus. čermnyj "red," from the same source. Cf. also vermilion. The insect (Kermes vermilio) lives on the Kermes oak. The insects were gathered commercially in Mediterranean countries and sold throughout Europe. Kermes dyes have been found in burial wrappings in Anglo-Scandinavian York. It fell out of use with the introduction of cochineal. The dyes were comparable in quality and color intensity, but ten to twelve times as much kermes was needed to produce the same effect as cochineal.
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| crimson | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies |
| 2. | characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode |
| 3. | (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment" |
noun | |
| 1. | a deep and vivid red color |
verb | |
| 1. | turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn: blush] |
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Crimson
Crim"son\ (kr?m"z'n), n. [OE. crimson, OF. crimoisin, F. cramoisi (cf. Sp. carmesi.) LL. carmesinus, fr. Ar. qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. k?mija produced by a worm; k?mi worm or insect + jan to generate; akin to E. kin. CF. Carmine, Kermes.] A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general. Theugh jour be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. --Is. i. 18. A maid jet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty. --Shak.
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Crimson
Crim"son\, a. Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. "A crimson tide." --Mrs. Hemans. The blushing poppy with a crimson hue. --Prior.
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Crimson
Crim"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimsoned (-z'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimsoning.] To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden. Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe. --Shak.
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Crimson
Crim"son\, v. t. To become crimson; to blush. Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. --De Quincey.
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Crimson
See COLOUR.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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