crimson
pronunciation
How to pronounce crimson in British English:
UK [ˈkrɪmzn]
How to pronounce crimson in American English:
US [ˈkrɪmzən]
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- Noun:
- a deep and vivid red
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- Verb:
- turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
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- Adjective:
- having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
- characterized by violence or bloodshed
- (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
Word Origin
- crimson
- crimson: [14] The colour term crimson comes ultimately from the name of a small scale insect, the kermes, from whose dried bodies a red dyestuff is obtained. Kermes comes from Arabic qirmaz, which in turn was derived from Sanskrit krmi-ja ‘(dye) produced by a worm’, a compound formed from krmi- ‘worm’ and ja- ‘produced, born’. From qirmaz was derived Arabic qirmazī ‘red colour’, which passed into English via metathesized Old Spanish cremesin. The medieval Latin version carmesīnum is thought to have been the source of English carmine [18], through blending with minium ‘red lead’ (whence English miniature).=> carmine
- crimson (v.)
- c. 1600, from crimson (n.). Related: Crimsoned; crimsoning.
- crimson (n.)
- early 15c., "deep red color," from Old Spanish cremesin "of or belonging to the kermes" (the shield-louse insects from which a deep red dye was obtained), from Medieval Latin cremesinus (see kermes). For similar transfer of the dye word to generic use for "red," compare Old Church Slavonic čruminu, Russian čermnyj "red," from the same source.
Example
- 1. Painting with aniline colors : yellow , crimson and green .
- 2. Vibrant flags and t-shirts in crimson , orange and fluorescent yellow .
- 3. After a month he gave up , no wins to report and the map already soaked crimson .
- 4. Resembling a nightmarish beast rearing its head from a crimson sea , this monstrous object is actually a pillar of gas and dust .
- 5. Lhasa is still defined by the thousands of monks who endure the cold in crimson robes and sandals .