carmine

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"Let's see--carmine, that ought to be right.

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  1. noun A strong to vivid red.
  2. noun A crimson pigment derived from cochineal.
  3. adjective Strong to vivid red.

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  • Cochineal can be bright orange, said the Palm Beach Post, which said its purer form-carmine-is "vivid" red, but it can be found in purple or pink colorings. —  NewsInferno
  • Bloomberg News further explains that carmine is a crimson or purplish-red, while cochineal is red. —  NewsInferno
  • Food labels must specify if a product contains cochineal extract or carmine, but it doesn't have to say it comes from a bug. —  NYT > Home Page
  • On food and cosmetic labels, cochineal may have many different names: cochineal, carmine, carminic acid, Natural Red 4, or E120. —  Bug Girl's Blog
  • By rubbing a little paint, such as carmine or indigo, in some water and placing a drop upon the glass slide with the Melicerta, these currents may be readily seen; and I have more than once seen rows of coloured bricks, red or blue, which the animal moulded and then deposited on the tube! —  Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children
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  1. French carmin, from Medieval Latin carminium, probably blend of Arabic qirmiz, kermes; see kermes, and Latin minium, cinnabar; see minium.

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  1. = Dutch karmijn = G. Danish Swedish karmin = Russian karminǔ, from French carmin = Italian carminio, from Spanish carmin (= Portuguese carmim), a contr. form of carmesin (now carmesi, after the Arabic form) = Portuguese carmesim = Italian carmesino (also cremisi, cremisino) = Old French *cramoisin, cramoisyne (later Middle English cramosin, cremosyn, crimisine, crimosin, English crimson, q. v.), French carmoisi = German karmesin = Dutch karmezijn = Danish karmesin = Russian karmazinǔ, from Middle Latin carmesinus, kermesinus, crimson, carmine, from kermes (Spanish carmes, also with Arabic art. alkermes, alquermes), the cochineal insect (see kermes), from Arabic and Persian qirmizī, crimson, qirmiz, crimson, from Sanskrit krimija, produced by an insect, from krimi, a worm, an insect (= English worm, q. v.), + √ jan, produce, = Greek √ *γεν = L. √ *gen = Anglo-Saxon cennan, etc., produce: see genus, generate, etc., and ken.
 

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/ˈkɑrmɪn/
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