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vermilion

noun
/vəˈmɪl.jən/UK/vɚˈmɪl.jən/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis Proto-Italic *wormis Latin vermis Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin vermiculus Vulgar Latin *vermiclus Old French vermeil Old French vermeillonbor. Middle English vermelioun English vermilion From Middle English vermelioun, vermyloun, vermylon, vermilun, from Old French vermeillon (“vermilion”), from vermeil, from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”), from vermis (“worm”), ultimately in reference to Kermes vermilio, a type of scale insect used to make a crimson dye. Displaced native Old English bōcrēad.

  1. derived from vermiculus — “little worm”
  2. derived from vermeillon — “vermilion”
  3. inherited from vermelioun

Definitions

  1. A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar.

    • Fanny was very pretty; her eyes were dark and brilliant, her teeth were like little pearls; her mouth was almost as red as Mademoiselle Caracoline’s when the latter had put on her vermilion.

  2. A bright orange-red colour.

  3. A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. The red skin of the lips or its border with the skin of the face.

    2. The kermes or cochineal insect.

    3. The cochineal dye made from this insect.

    4. Having a brilliant red colour.

    5. Having the color of the vermilion dye.

    6. To color or paint vermilion.

The neighborhood

Derived

vermilion border, Vermilion County, vermilion flycatcher, Vermilion Parish, Vermilion River

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