carmined en · ADJ
Etymology
From carmine + -ed.
Meanings
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Coloured with carmine.
Their stockings were of lustrous silk, their slippers costly and unnatural, their lips carmined and their eyebrows penciled.
1932, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, page 441:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most carmined | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more carmined | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |