Dictionary

crimson en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹɪmzən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɹɪmzən/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɹɪmsən/ (General-American)

Etymology

PIE word *kʷŕ̥mis Late Middle English cremesyn, from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesín, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Classical Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian; see Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš. Cognate with Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija). Doublet of kermes; also see carmine.

Meanings

1. Having a deep red colour.
   • 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. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168:
   • 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. 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast:
2. Immodest.

Forms

Translations (64)

hu karmazsinvörös (having a deep red colour) · pl karmazynowy (having a deep red colour) · ru пунцо́вый (having a deep red colour) · pt carmim (having a deep red colour) · nl helrood (having a deep red colour) · ka მეწამული (having a deep red colour) · ga craorag (having a deep red colour) · ca carmesí (having a deep red colour) · izh aaloi (having a deep red colour) · grc φοινός (having a deep red colour) · grc κόκκινος (having a deep red colour) · de lose Sitten (having loose modesty) · es carmesí (having a deep red colour) · de purpurn (having a deep red colour) · ne सिम्रिक (having a deep red colour) · kw kogh (having a deep red colour) · de dunkelrot (having a deep red colour) · ka სისხლისფერი (having a deep red colour) · ga corcairdhearg (having a deep red colour) · el βυσσινής (having a deep red colour) · de blutrot (Himmel) (having a deep red colour) · ja 深紅色の (having a deep red colour) · is fagurrauður (having a deep red colour) · hu karmazsin (having a deep red colour) · pt carmesim (having a deep red colour) · fi karmiininpunainen (having a deep red colour) · sv karmosinröd (having a deep red colour) · el βαθυκόκκινος (having a deep red colour) · cmn 艷紅色 /艳红色 (having a deep red colour) · es carmín (having a deep red colour) · de karmesinrot (having a deep red colour) · ru багро́вый (having a deep red colour) · ka ჟოლოსფერი (having a deep red colour) · uk багро́вий (having a deep red colour) · sl škrlaten (having a deep red colour) · cs karmínový (having a deep red colour) · ru пурпурный (having a deep red colour) · izh veripunain (having a deep red colour) · sh grimizan (having a deep red colour) · ru а́лый (having a deep red colour) · vi đỏ thắm (having a deep red colour) · io karmezina (having a deep red colour) · uk багря́ний (having a deep red colour) · cmn 赤紅色 /赤红色 (having a deep red colour) · nl dieprood (having a deep red colour) · fr cramoisi (having a deep red colour) · fi verenpunainen (having a deep red colour) · fi kevytkenkäinen (having loose modesty) · ka ალისფერი (having a deep red colour) · ru мали́новый (having a deep red colour) · hi क़िरमिज़ी (having a deep red colour) · ru багря́ный (having a deep red colour) · ar قِرْمِزِيّ (having a deep red colour) · ro carmin (having a deep red colour) · bg пурпурен (having a deep red colour) · grc βύσσινος (having a deep red colour) · it cremisi (having a deep red colour) · te ఎర్రని (having a deep red colour) · la coccineus (having a deep red colour) · eo karmezina (having a deep red colour) · nl karmijnrood (having a deep red colour) · de purpurrot (having a deep red colour) · af karmosyn (having a deep red colour) · is djúprauður (having a deep red colour)

crimson en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹɪmzən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɹɪmzən/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɹɪmsən/ (General-American)

Etymology

PIE word *kʷŕ̥mis Late Middle English cremesyn, from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesín, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Classical Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian; see Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš. Cognate with Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija). Doublet of kermes; also see carmine.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A deep, slightly bluish red.
   • To my horror I perceived that the yellow blossoms were all dabbled with crimson. 1904 January 30, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Priory School”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC:

Forms

Translations (85)

eu gorrimin (deep, slightly bluish red) · ja クリムゾン (deep, slightly bluish red) · oc carmesin (deep, slightly bluish red) · bg пурпур (deep, slightly bluish red) · nl dieprood (deep, slightly bluish red) · gl carmesí (deep, slightly bluish red) · izh aaloi (deep, slightly bluish red) · fi verenpunainen (deep, slightly bluish red) · ko 심홍색 (deep, slightly bluish red) · az qönçə (deep, slightly bluish red) · it granata (deep, slightly bluish red) · uk багря́нець (deep, slightly bluish red) · grc φοινός (deep, slightly bluish red) · ka მეწამული (deep, slightly bluish red) · ar قِرْمِز (deep, slightly bluish red) · he שָׁנִי (deep, slightly bluish red) · hi क़िरमिज़ी (deep, slightly bluish red) · gl carmín (deep, slightly bluish red) · cy rhuddgoch (deep, slightly bluish red) · tr kırmızı (deep, slightly bluish red) · es carmesí (deep, slightly bluish red) · ro carmin (deep, slightly bluish red) · ru а́лый (deep, slightly bluish red) · es carmín (deep, slightly bluish red) · fr cramoisi (deep, slightly bluish red) · el βυσσινί (deep, slightly bluish red) · is fagurrauður (deep, slightly bluish red) · it cremisi (deep, slightly bluish red) · cy rhudd (deep, slightly bluish red) · fa زرشکی (deep, slightly bluish red) · oc carmin (deep, slightly bluish red) · ga corcairdhearg (deep, slightly bluish red) · sl škrlatna (deep, slightly bluish red) · tr al (deep, slightly bluish red) · pl karmazyn (deep, slightly bluish red) · ka ჟოლოსფერი (deep, slightly bluish red) · te ఎర్రని (deep, slightly bluish red) · kw kogh (deep, slightly bluish red) · fr carmin (deep, slightly bluish red) · el βαθύ κόκκινο (deep, slightly bluish red) · fi karmiininpunainen (deep, slightly bluish red) · nl karmozijn (deep, slightly bluish red) · ru мали́новый (deep, slightly bluish red) · sv karmosinröd (deep, slightly bluish red) · nl helrood (deep, slightly bluish red) · ja 紅色 (deep, slightly bluish red) · sv karmosin (deep, slightly bluish red) · ru багря́ный (deep, slightly bluish red) · sh grimizno (deep, slightly bluish red) · pt carmim (deep, slightly bluish red) · mi pākurakura (deep, slightly bluish red) · ru багро́вый (deep, slightly bluish red) · hu karmazsin (deep, slightly bluish red) · ms merah tua (deep, slightly bluish red) · izh veripunain (deep, slightly bluish red) · cmn 艷紅色 /艳红色 (deep, slightly bluish red) · de Purpurrot (deep, slightly bluish red) · sk karmínový (deep, slightly bluish red) · id merah padam (deep, slightly bluish red) · ms kirmizi (deep, slightly bluish red) · ru пу́рпур (deep, slightly bluish red) · az al-qırmızı (deep, slightly bluish red) · aii ܩܸܪܡܝܼܙܵܐ (deep, slightly bluish red) · ne सिम्रिक (deep, slightly bluish red) · af karmosyn (deep, slightly bluish red) · ka ალისფერი (deep, slightly bluish red) · pt carmesim (deep, slightly bluish red) · oc cremesin (deep, slightly bluish red) · de Karmesin (deep, slightly bluish red) · io karmezino (deep, slightly bluish red) · eo karmezino (deep, slightly bluish red) · nl karmijnrood (deep, slightly bluish red) · ps ارغواني (deep, slightly bluish red) · fr pourpre (deep, slightly bluish red) · ru пунцо́вый (deep, slightly bluish red) · de Purpur (deep, slightly bluish red) · ca carmesí (deep, slightly bluish red) · te రక్తిమ (deep, slightly bluish red) · ja 深紅色 (deep, slightly bluish red) · az al (deep, slightly bluish red) · ko 크림슨 (deep, slightly bluish red) · et karmiinpunane (deep, slightly bluish red) · cs karmín (deep, slightly bluish red) · sq granë (deep, slightly bluish red) · is djúprauður (deep, slightly bluish red)

crimson en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹɪmzən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɹɪmzən/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɹɪmsən/ (General-American)

Etymology

PIE word *kʷŕ̥mis Late Middle English cremesyn, from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesín, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Classical Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian; see Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš. Cognate with Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija). Doublet of kermes; also see carmine.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To become crimson or deep red; to blush.
   • Eugenie's quick apprehensions seized the foul thought. Her eyes flashed—her cheek crimsoned. 1841, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XIII, in Night and Morning […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC:
   • 1885, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “The Ring” in The Poetical Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, New York and Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., Volume 2, p. 662, Father. Why do you look so gravely at the tower? Miram. I never saw it yet so all ablaze With creepers crimsoning to the pinnacles,
   • 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. 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:
2. (transitive) To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
   • Here didst thou fall; and here thy hunters stand, Sign’d in thy spoil, and crimson’d in thy lethe. 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
   • Her face was crimsoned over, and she exclaimed, in a voice of the greatest emotion, “Good God! Willoughby, what is the meaning of this? […]” 1811, [Jane Austen], Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 153:
   • […] that sheetless bed (that nuptial couch of love and grief) with the pale and bloody corpse in its patched and weathered gray crimsoning the bare mattress […] 1936, William Faulkner, chapter 5, in Absalom, Absalom!, New York: Modern Library, published 1951, page 138:

Forms

Deriveds

masked crimson tanager · crimsonwing · Crimhead · encrimson · dark crimson underwing · crimsonly · alizarin crimson · crimson-winged woodpecker · crimson lake · crimsony · crimson tide · crimsonish · crimson wave · crimson clover · crimson rosella · crimson finch · crimsonness

Relateds

carmine · kermes