vermeil
pronunciation
How to pronounce vermeil in British English:
UK ['vɜ:mɪl]
How to pronounce vermeil in American English:
US ['vɜmɪl]
Word Origin
- vermeil (adj.)
- "bright-red," late 14c., from Anglo-French and Old French vermail, vermeil "bright-red, scarlet, crimson" (11c. in Old French), from Late Latin vermiculus "a little worm," specifically, the cochineal insect from which crimson dyes were obtained (compare kermes), in classical Latin, "larva of an insect, grub, maggot," diminutive of vermis "worm" (see worm (n.)). As a noun in English from 1590s.
Example
- 1. I could not help but to walk to the front of my painting desk , spreading the painting paper , taking up the dithered writing brush and dipping it with some yellow color and a little of vermeil , and then plastering the bright little window on the paper .