Definitions for: Crimson


[n] a deep and vivid red
[adj] 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
[adj] having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
[adj] (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"
[v] turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"



Webster (1913) Definition: Crim"son (kr?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?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.

Theugh jour 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 jet rosed over with the virgin crimson of
modesty. --Shak.


Crim"son, a.
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, v. 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. --Shak.


Crim"son, b. t.
To become crimson; to blush.

Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the
radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. --De
Quincey.

Synonyms: aflame(p), blood-red, bloody, blush, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, chromatic, colored, colorful, coloured, deep red, flush, flushed, in color(p), red, redden, reddened, reddish, red-faced, ruby, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet, violent

See Also: color, colour, discolor, discolour, red, redness

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