crimson
/ˈkɹɪmzən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.60 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "To my horror I perceived that the yellow blossoms were all dabbled with crimson."
- "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."
- "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."
- "Eugenie's quick apprehensions seized the foul thought. Her eyes flashed—her cheek crimsoned."
- "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."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: cremesyn, cramoisin, cremesín, قِرْمِز, کرمست, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɹɪmzən/
- British English: /ˈkɹɪmzən/
Usage
Inflected Forms
crimsons (plural)
more crimson (comparative)
most crimson (superlative)
crimsons (present, singular)
crimsoning (participle, present)
crimsoned (participle, past)
crimsoned (past)