vermilion
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- vermillion (more at vermillion § Usage notes)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French vermeillon (“vermilion”), from vermeil, 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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vermilion (countable and uncountable, plural vermilions)
- A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide.
- A vivid red or slightly orange colour.
- vermilion colour:
- vermilion Web colour:
- 1749, [John Cleland], Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: Printed [by Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], OCLC 731622352:
- I, struggling faintly, could not help feeling what I could not grasp, a column of the whitest ivory, beautifully streak'd with blue veins, and carrying, fully uncapt, a head of the liveliest vermilion
- A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women.
- The red skin of the lips or its border with the skin of the face.
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Translations[edit]
pigment
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colour
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dye
Adjective[edit]
vermilion (comparative more vermilion, superlative most vermilion)
- Having a brilliant red colour.
- Having the color of the vermilion dye.
Translations[edit]
having a brilliant red colour
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having the color of vermilion dye
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Verb[edit]
vermilion (third-person singular simple present vermilions, present participle vermilioning, simple past and past participle vermilioned)
- (transitive) To color or paint vermilion.
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