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carmine

noun
/ˈkɑːmaɪn/UK/ˈkɑɹmaɪn/US

Etymology

PIE word *kʷŕ̥mis From French carmin, from irregular Medieval Latin carminium, itself from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) from Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), plus or with influence from Latin minium. Compare crimson and kermes.

  1. derived from minium
  2. derived from قِرْمِز
  3. derived from carminium
  4. derived from carmin

Definitions

  1. A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle

    A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.

  2. A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.

    • He wore a great coat in midsummer, being affected with the trembling delirium, and his face was the color of carmine.
    • I am alive, I guess, / The branches on my hand / Are full of morning-glory, / And at my fingers' end / The carmine tingles warm,

  3. Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A male given name from Italian.

    2. A surname from Italian.

The neighborhood

Derived

acetocarmine, azocarmine, carmalum, carminated, carmined, carmine red, carminic, indigo carmine, paracarmine, picrocarmine

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA