Crimson
adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A deep, slightly bluish red. countable, uncountable
"To my horror I perceived that the yellow blossoms were all dabbled with crimson."
- 2 a deep and vivid red color wordnet
- 1 To become crimson or deep red; to blush. intransitive
"Eugenie's quick apprehensions seized the foul thought. Her eyes flashed—her cheek crimsoned."
- 2 turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame wordnet
- 3 To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden. transitive
"Here didst thou fall; and here thy hunters stand, Sign’d in thy spoil, and crimson’d in thy lethe."
- 1 Having a deep red colour.
"Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines."
- 2 Immodest.
- 1 characterized by violence or bloodshed wordnet
- 2 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
- 3 (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion wordnet
Example
More examples"Give me these 8 crimson apples please."
Etymology
PIE word *kʷŕ̥mis Late Middle English cremesyn, from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesín, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Classical Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian; see Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš. Cognate with Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija). Doublet of kermes; also see carmine.
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