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Webster 1913 Edition

Crimson

Crim′son

(krĭm′z’n)
,
Noun.
[OE.
crimson
, OF.
crimoisin
, F.
cramoisi
(cf. Sp.
carmesi
.) LL.
carmesinus
, fr. Ar.
qermazi
, fr.
qermez
crimson, kermes, fr. Skr.
kṛmija
produced by a worm;
k[GREEK]mi
worm or insect +
jan
to generate; akin to E.
kin
. CF.
Carmine
,
Kermes
.]
A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.
Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like
crimson
, they shall be as wool.
Is. i. 18.
A maid yet rosed over with the virgin
crimson
of modesty.
Shakespeare

Crim′son

,
Adj.
Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red.
“A crimson tide.”
Mrs. Hemans.
The blushing poppy with a
crimson
hue.
Prior.

Crim′son

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Crimsoned
(-z’nd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Crimsoning
.]
To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
Signed in thy spoil and
crimsoned
in thy lethe.
Shakespeare

Crim′son

,
Verb.
T.
To become crimson; to blush.
Ancient towers . . . beginning to
crimson
with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning.
De Quincey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Crimson

CRIMSON

,
Noun.
[G.] A deep red color; a red tinged with blue; also, a red color in general; as the virgin crimson of modesty.
He made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson. 2 Chronicles 3.

CRIMSON

,
Adj.
Of a beautiful deep red; as the crimson blush of modesty; a crimson stream of blood.

CRIMSON

,
Verb.
T.
To dye with crimson; to dye of a deep red color; to make red.

CRIMSON

,
Verb.
I.
To become of a deep red color; to be tinged with red; to blush.
Her cheeks crimsoned at the entrance of her lover.

Definition 2024

crimson

crimson

English

Noun

crimson ‎(plural crimsons) crimson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

  1. A deep, slightly bluish red.
    crimson colour:    
    • Arthur Conan Doyle
      To my horror I perceived that the yellow blossoms were all dabbled with crimson.

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Adjective

crimson ‎(comparative more crimson, superlative most crimson)

  1. Having a deep red colour.
    • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter V”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
      Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
    • 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast
      Her crimson dress inflames grey corridors, or flaring in a sunshaft through high branches makes of the deep green shadows a greenness darker yet, and a darkness greener.
  2. Having loose morals.

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Derived terms

  • crimson lake

Verb

crimson ‎(third-person singular simple present crimsons, present participle crimsoning, simple past and past participle crimsoned)

  1. 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.
  2. To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
    • Shakespeare
      Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe.

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Etymology

From Spanish, from Arabic قِرْمِز ‎(qirmiz), from Persian کرمست ‎(kirmist), from Middle Persian, from Sanskrit.

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