Crimson

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crimson \Crim"son\ (kr[i^]m"z'n), n. [OE. crimson, OF.
     crimoisin, F. cramoisi (cf. Sp. carmesi.) LL. carmesinus, fr.
     Ar. qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. k[.r]mija
     produced by a worm; k?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.
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           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.
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           A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of
           modesty.                                 --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crimson \Crim"son\, a.
     Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. "A crimson
     tide." --Mrs. Hemans.
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           The blushing poppy with a crimson hue.   --Prior.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crimson \Crim"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crimsoned} (-z'nd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Crimsoning}.]
     To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
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           Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crimson \Crim"son\, v. t.
     To become crimson; to blush.
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           Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the
           radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. --De
                                                    Quincey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crimson
       adj 1: having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
              of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or
              rubies [syn: {red}, {reddish}, {ruddy}, {blood-red}, {carmine},
               {cerise}, {cherry}, {cherry-red}, {ruby}, {ruby-red},
               {scarlet}]
       2: characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson
          deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by
          Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red
          rage"- Hudson Strode [syn: {red}, {violent}]
       3: (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if
          with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury";
          "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes";
          "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with
          embarrassment" [syn: {red}, {reddened}, {red-faced}, {flushed}]
       n : a deep and vivid red [syn: {ruby}, {deep red}]
       v : turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed
           when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn: {blush},
            {flush}, {redden}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  95 Moby Thesaurus words for "crimson":
     Titian, Titian-red, blanch, blush, bricky, cardinal, carmine,
     carnation, carnelian, cerise, change color, cherry, cherry-colored,
     cherry-red, color, color up, damask, darken, ferruginous, fiery,
     fire-red, flame, flame-colored, flame-red, flaming, flush, glow,
     glowing, grow red, gules, henna, hot, incarmined, incarnadine,
     inflame, inflamed, infrared, iron-red, lake-colored, laky,
     lateritious, lipstick, lobster-red, look black, lurid, madder,
     mantle, maroon, miniate, pale, pink, port-wine, puce, red,
     red-dyed, red-ink, red-looking, redden, reddened, reddish,
     reddish-amber, reddish-brown, rose, rouge, rubicund, rubify,
     rubiginous, rubric, rubricose, ruby, ruby-colored, ruby-red,
     ruddied, ruddle, ruddy, rufescent, rufous, rust, rust-red, rusty,
     scarlet, squirm with self-consciousness, stammel, stammer,
     tile-red, turn color, turn pale, turn red, vermilion, vinaceous,
     warm, whiten, wine, wine-colored, wine-red
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Crimson
     See {COLOUR}.