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(krm"z'n), n.[OE. crimson, OF. crimoisin, F. cramoisi (cf. Sp. carmesi.) LL. carmesinus, fr. Ar. qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. kmija produced by a worm; kmi 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. 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. A maid yet 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 v. t.To become crimson; to blush. Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. De Quincey. スポンサード リンク
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