vermeil
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French vermeil (“vermilion”), from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”), from vermis (“worm”), ultimately in reference to Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., a type of scale insect used to make a crimson dye.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
vermeil (comparative more vermeil, superlative most vermeil)
- (poetic, now rare) Bright scarlet, vermilion.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.3:
- And in her cheekes the vermeill red did shew / Like roses in a bed of lillies shed […].
- 1818, John Keats, Endymion, Book I, lines 49-51,[1]
- Many and many a verse I hope to write,
- Before the daisies, vermeil rimm’d and white,
- Hide in deep herbage;
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.3:
- (poetic, now rare) Specifically of faces, lips etc.: red, ruddy, healthy-looking.
Noun
vermeil (plural vermeils)
- (poetic) Vermilion; bright red.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- 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.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- Silver gilt or gilt bronze.
- A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold.
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French
Etymology
From Middle French vermeil, from Old French vermeil, from Vulgar Latin *vermiclus, syncopated form of Latin vermiculus (“little worm”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
vermeil (feminine vermeille, masculine plural vermeils, feminine plural vermeilles)
Noun
vermeil m (plural vermeils)
- vermeil (gold-plated silver with a reddish hue)
Further reading
- “vermeil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French vermeil.
Adjective
vermeil m (feminine singular vermeille, masculine plural vermeils, feminine plural vermeilles)
Descendants
- French: vermeil
References
- vermeil on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *vermiclus, syncopated form of Latin vermiculus (“little worm”).
Adjective
vermeil m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vermeile)
Declension
Descendants
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- English 2-syllable words
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- English nouns
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- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French adjectives
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French adjectives
- Old French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French adjectives