vermilion
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- vermillion (considered a misspelling by some authorities)
Etymology[edit]
From 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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vermilion (plural vermilions)
- A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide.
- A vivid red or slightly orange colour.
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vermilion colour:
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 3
- 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
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- A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women.
- A red skin of the lip or its border with the skin of the face.
Translations[edit]
pigment
colour
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.
