yən noun
1.
a brilliant scarlet red.
2.
a bright-red, water-insoluble pigment consisting of mercuric sulfide, once obtained from cinnabar, now usually produced by the reaction of mercury and sulfur.
adjective
3.
of the color vermilion.
verb (used with object)
4.
to color with or as if with vermilion.
Also, ver·mil·lion.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English vermilioun, vermillon < Anglo-French, Old French verm(e)illon, equivalent to vermeil vermeil + -on noun suffix
1250–1300; Middle English vermilioun, vermillon < Anglo-French, Old French verm(e)illon, equivalent to vermeil vermeil + -on noun suffix
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vermilion or vermillion (vəˈmɪljən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a bright red to reddish-orange colour |
| b. (as adjective): a vermilion car | |
| 2. | mercuric sulphide, esp when used as a bright red pigment; cinnabar |
| [C13: from Old French vermeillon, from | |
| vermillion or vermillion | |
| —n | |
| [C13: from Old French vermeillon, from | |
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