Category:Crimson

Crim"son (krm"z'n), n. Etym: [OE. crimson, OF. crimoisin, F. cramoisi (cf. Sp. carmesi.) LL. carmesinus, fr. Ar. qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. k produced by a worm; k worm or insect + jan to generate; akin to E. kin. CF. Carmine, Kermes.]

Defn: 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. Isaiah 1:18. A maid, yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty. Shak.

crimson Crim"son, a.

Defn: Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. "A crimson tide." Mrs. Hemans. The blushing poppy with a crimson hue. Prior.

crimson Crim"son, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimsoned (-z'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimsoning.]

Defn: To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden. Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy Lethe. Shak.

crimson Crim"son, b. t.

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

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Crimson - See COLOR.