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cramoisy, cramesy, a. and n. arch. (In earlier use chiefly Sc.)|ˈkræmɔɪzɪ, -əzɪ|
Forms: 5 cremesye, -ysy, cramysse, 5–6 crammas(s)y, 6 cram(m)esy, -osie, -osye, 7 crambassie, cramoisy, (arch. 8 cramasie, 9 -asye, -oisy, -ie, -ay).
[a. early It. cremesí and OF. crameisi, later cramoisi = Sp. carmesí, Pg. carmezim; the original type is seen in It. chermesí, chermizí, a. Arab. qirmazī of or belonging to the qirmiz, kermes or alkermes, the Scarlet Grain insect: see crimson. Since the 16th c. there has been a tendency to assimilate the spelling to modern French cramoisi, which has been facilitated by the fact that the word is itself obsolete and the tradition of its English spelling and pronunciation broken.]
A. adj. Crimson.
1480Wardr. Acc. Edw. IV (1830) 153 Crymysy velvet. 1495Haliburton's Ledger in C. Innes Scot. Mid. Ages 244, 3 ells cramysse satyn. a1555Lyndesay Trag. Prol. 21 In Rayment reid..Off vellot and of Saityng Crammosie. c1600Christening Chas. I in Nichols Progr. Q. Eliz. III. 527 Two chairs of cramoisy velvet. 1612Inv. Furniture in A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock 308 Stampit crambassie vorset courteinis. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. (1858) 105 A blustering figure..in..cramoisy velvet, or other uncertain texture. 1855Mrs. Gaskell North & S. iii, He gathered for her some velvety cramoisy roses.
B. n. Crimson cloth; = crimson n. 2.
1423Jas. I Kingis Q. cix, Als like ȝe bene, as day is to the nyght; Or sek-cloth is vnto fyne cremesye. 1488Inv. Jewels in Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) II. 392 A belt of crammassy hernessit with gold. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 282 Couerit weill with crammasy rycht fyne. 1724Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 89 Sae put on your pearlins, Marion, And kyrtle of the cramasie. 1813Hogg Queen's Wake 224 I thought to see my daughter ride, In golden gear and cramasye. 1821J. Baillie Metr. Leg., Ld. John xii, With a vest of cramoisie meet. |