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cramoisie

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cram⋅oi⋅sy

  [kram-oi-zee, -uh-zee] Archaic.
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–adjective
1. crimson.
–noun
2. crimson cloth.
Also, cram⋅oi⋅sie.

Origin:
1375–1425; < F cramoisi, earlier crameisi < Sp carmesí < Ar qirmizī, equiv. to qirmiz kermes + -ī- suffix of appurtenance; r. late ME cremesye < It cremisi < Ar, as above
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