vermeil

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English vermayle, from Old French vermeil (vermilion), from Latin vermiculus (little worm), from vermis (worm), ultimately in reference to Kermes vermilio, a type of scale insect used to make a crimson dye. Doublet of vermicule.

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Adjective

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vermeil (comparative more vermeil, superlative most vermeil)

  1. (poetic, now rare) Bright scarlet, vermilion.
  2. (poetic, now rare) Specifically of faces, lips etc.: red, ruddy, healthy-looking.

Noun

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French vermeil work

vermeil (plural vermeils)

  1. (poetic) Vermilion; bright red.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. [], London: [] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      The mortall steele stayed not till it was seene / To gore her side; yet was the wound not deepe, / But lightly rased her soft silken skin, / That drops of purple blood thereout did weepe, / Which did her lilly smock with staines of vermeil steep.
  2. Silver gilt or gilt bronze.
  3. A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold.
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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French vermeil, from Old French vermeil, syncopated form of Latin vermiculus (little worm).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vɛʁ.mɛj/
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Adjective

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vermeil (feminine vermeille, masculine plural vermeils, feminine plural vermeilles)

  1. bright red; vermilion
  2. (of mouth, lips, etc.) ruby; cherry
  3. rosy

Noun

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vermeil m (plural vermeils)

  1. vermeil (gold-plated silver with a reddish hue)

Further reading

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French vermeil.

Adjective

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vermeil m (feminine singular vermeille, masculine plural vermeils, feminine plural vermeilles)

  1. vermillion

Descendants

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  • French: vermeil

References

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  • vermeil on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *vermiclus, syncopated form of Latin vermiculus (little worm).

Adjective

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vermeil m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vermeile)

  1. vermillion

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