vermeil

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  1. noun Vermilion or a similar bright red color.
  2. noun Gilded silver, bronze, or copper.
  3. adjective Bright red in color.

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  • Les deux tombeaux sont couleur de jaspre sur le vermeil, comme une brique (de jaspe rouge On montre dans l'église de Sainte-Apostole un tronçon de la colonne ŕ laquelle fut attaché Notre-Seigneur pour ętre battu de verges chez Pilate. —  The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III
  • I cannot recollect saying even a syllable that implied blame No, my dear, you did not say a syllable; but in some cases the silence of those we love is the worst, the most mortifying species of blame The tears came into Griselda's beautiful eyes My sweet love," said he, "how can you let such a trifle affect you so much Nothing is a trifle to me which concerns those I love," said Griselda.--Her husband kissed away the pearly drops which rolled over her vermeil-tinctured cheeks. —  Tales and Novels — Volume 06
  • For her he gathered the vermeil-tinctured pearmain, and the walnut with an unsavoury rind; for her he hoarded the brown filberd, and the much prized earth-nut. —  Imogen A Pastoral Romance
  • Her vermeil-tinctured lips were new-blown roses that engrossed the sight, and seemed to solicit to be plucked. —  Imogen A Pastoral Romance
  • This arrangement ought to be both rich and tender, she thought, and would form a splendid background to her blonde vermeil-tinted skin. —  Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
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  1. Middle English vermail, from Old French vermeil, from Late Latin vermiculus, a kind of red worm, from Latin, grub, diminutive of vermis, worm; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also vermil, vermell (the modern spelling being a reversion to the F. spelling); from Middle English vermeile, vermayle, from Old French vermeil (= Italian vermiglio), bright red, vermilion, from Latin vermiculus, a little worm, Late Latin (in Vulgate) used for the kermes-insect, from which the color crimson or carmine was obtained, diminutive of Latin vermis, a worm, = English worm: see vermicle, vermicide, and worm, and cf. crimson and carmine, which are ult. connected with worm. Hence vermilion.
 

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