crimson
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish, from Arabic قرمز (qirmiz), from Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian, from Sanskrit.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
crimson (plural crimsons)
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- A deep, slightly bluish red.
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crimson colour:
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- To my horror I perceived that the yellow blossoms were all dabbled with crimson.
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Translations[edit]
deep, slightly bluish red
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Adjective[edit]
crimson (comparative more crimson, superlative most crimson)
- Having a deep red colour.
- 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 5, The Younger Set[1]:
- Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume ; … ; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
- 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 5, The Younger Set[1]:
- Having loose morals.
Translations[edit]
having a deep red colour
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having loose morals
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Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
crimson (third-person singular simple present crimsons, present participle crimsoning, simple past and past participle crimsoned)
- to blush
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13
- Gerty MacDowell bent down her head and crimsoned at the idea of Cissy saying an unladylike thing like that out loud she'd be ashamed of her life to say, flushing a deep rosy red, and Edy Boardman said she was sure the gentleman opposite heard what she said. But not a pin cared Ciss.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13
- To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
- Shakespeare
- Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe.
- Shakespeare
Translations[edit]
blush — see blush
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See also[edit]
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
