Carmine
adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives. countable, uncountable
"1967, Time, "The Case of the Dubious Dye," 6 January, 1967, https://web.archive.org/web/20130721101257/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843172,00.html Cases of cubana salmonellosis in three other states were traced to carmine red, and supplies were called in. […] But authorities have been checking other places for carmine red, knowing that it is a favorite coloring in candy, chewing gum, ice cream, cough syrups and drugs. Manufacturers like to use it because of a legal quirk: being a natural rather than a synthetic product, it does not have to be mentioned on labels."
- 2 a variable color averaging a vivid red wordnet
- 3 A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment. countable, uncountable
"He wore a great coat in midsummer, being affected with the trembling delirium, and his face was the color of carmine."
- 1 color carmine wordnet
- 1 Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.
- 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 wordnet
- 1 A male given name from Italian.
- 2 A surname from Italian.
Antonyms
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More examples"Carmine is a deep red food coloring obtained from an insect called the cochineal."
Etymology
PIE word *kʷŕ̥mis From French carmin, from irregular Medieval Latin carminium, itself from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) from Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), plus or with influence from Latin minium. Compare crimson and kermes.
The given name is borrowed from Italian Carmine.