crimsonadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈkrɪmzn/, U.S.

/ˈkrɪmz(ə)n/

Forms: late Middle English cramesyn, late Middle English cremysene, late Middle English crenseyn, late Middle English crymeson, late Middle English crymessyn, late Middle English crymesyne, late Middle English crymyson, late Middle English grymsyn, late Middle English 1600s cremysine, late Middle English–1500s cramoysin, late Middle English–1500s cremesin, late Middle English–1500s cremesyn, late Middle English–1500s cremesyne, late Middle English–1500s cremosyn, late Middle English–1500s cremoysin, late Middle English–1500s cremysen, late Middle English–1500s cremysyn, late Middle English–1500s crimesyne, late Middle English–1500s crymasyn, late Middle English–1500s crymesyn, late Middle English–1500s crymsyn, late Middle English–1500s crymsyne, late Middle English–1500s crymysyn, late Middle English–1600s crimeson, late Middle English–1600s crimsin, late Middle English–1600s crymson, 1500s chrymesyn, 1500s cramosyn, 1500s cramoysen, 1500s cramysin, 1500s cremesine, 1500s cremesun, 1500s cremsin, 1500s crimesin, 1500s crimison, 1500s crimosen, 1500s crimozen, 1500s crimsen, 1500s crymasyne, 1500s crymosyn, 1500s crymosyne, 1500s crymsone, 1500s crymsynne, 1500s crymzen, 1500s crynsan, 1500s 1700s crymysin, 1500s–1600s cremosin, 1500s–1600s crimosin, 1500s–1600s crimosine, 1500s–1600s crimosyn, 1500s–1600s crimosyne, 1500s–1600s crymosen, 1500s–1600s crymosin, 1500s–1600s crymosine, 1500s–1600s crymsen, 1500s–1600s crymsin, 1500s– crimson, 1600s cramosin, 1600s crimsone, 1600s crimzon, 1600s cryimson, 1600s crymisyn; also Scottish pre-1700 crimpson, pre-1700 crimpsone; N.E.D. (1893) also records forms late Middle English cramoysen, late Middle English cramysin, late Middle English cremesine, late Middle English crimesin, late Middle English crymasyne.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French cremosin, cremesin; Latin cremosinus, carmosinus.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman cremosin (noun) crimson cloth (14th cent.) and Middle French cremesin, cremasin (14th cent.), cramoisin (15th cent.) (adjective) crimson, and its etymon post-classical Latin cremosinus, cremusinus, cramacenus, crimesinus, crimisinus (from c1435 in British and continental sources), variants (with metathesis of r ) of post-classical Latin carmosinus, carmusinus of a deep red colour, crimson colour, crimson cloth (from mid 15th cent. in British and continental sources), ultimately < Arabic qermazī , qirmazī (see cramoisy adj.) + classical Latin -īnus -ine suffix¹, probably via a form in a Romance language. Compare Old Occitan cremesin (15th cent.), Spanish clemesin , cremesin (both c1400), carmesin , carmesino , quermesino (15th cent.), Italian cremisino , cremesino (15th or 16th cent.), chermisino , chermesino , chermosino (16th cent.), carmesino , carmosino (15th or 16th cent.). Compare cramoisy adj. and foreign-language forms cited at that entry. Compare also carmine n. and adj.

A. adj.

1. Of a deep red colour somewhat inclining towards purple; of the colour of an alkaline infusion of cochineal.Historically, the colour obtained from the Kermes or Scarlet Grain insect, at first chiefly used in dyeing fine cloth and velvet (French velours cramoisi), in connection with which this shade of red was first distinguished in English.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > deep red or crimson

blood-redeOE

purpleOE

bloodyOE

purpurine1300

sanguinea1382

tuly1398

crimsonc1400

murreyc1400

purpurec1400

sanguinolentc1450

cramoisy1480

ruby-redc1487

rubya1500

sanguineousc1520

sanguine-coloured1552

blood-coloured1567

rubine1576

purple-red1578

rubied?1594

incarnadine1605

Tyrian?1614

rubiousa1616

murrey-coloured1657

haematine1658

vinaceous1688

carmine1737

claret-coloured1779

ensanguined1785

peony1810

sanguinaceous1816

gory1822

crimsony1830

vinous1834

laky1849

grenat1851

madder1852

wine-dark1855

pigeon's blood1870

poppy crimson1879

claret1882

vinous1894

alizarin1923

wine1950

c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 458 And iij. other estates with hem, clothed in oon sute, in rede fyne saten crymsyn [c1450 Cambr. Hh.6.9 and crymsyn] furred with Martrons.

1416 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 100 (MED) [A] crymesyn [mantle of estate].

a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) l. 9011 (MED) A mantell..she had Of red saten full good cremesyn [a1500 Rawl. Poet. crymsyne].

1462 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 149 A jaket off crymysyn clothe.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxvj^v All appareled in Crimosyne clothe.

1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Oiv^v This cramoysen gowne.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 66 Some of them glitter with a perfect crimson dye.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. ii. 130 Dyed in Lilly white and Cremsin redde.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §224 Two Lanthorns..the one a Crimsin, and the other an Azure.

1661 P. Heylyn Ecclesia Restaurata 72 He was there presented..two pieces of cloth of gold, one whereof was raised with Crimson Velvet.

1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 427 An old piece of crimson Ribbon ty'd Sashways about him.

1778 H. Jones Clifton 38 They rob the rainbow and th'etherial lawn, The plaited clouds that deck the crimson dawn.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 271 His wounded arm was supported by a scarf, or sling of crimson silk.

1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 110 Why..are the most distant clouds crimsonest?

1895 Argosy Nov. 167/2 The brine is inhabited by an incalculable multitude of microscopic animalcules of crimson hue.

1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxxiii. 644 Strontium nitrate..is used in pyrotechny to produce a crimson flame.

1957 P. White Voss iii. 70 Belle had a spray of the crimson bottlebrush that she had torn off.

1986 D. Koontz Strangers i. i. 23 The crimson afternoon faded to electric blue.

2006 A. Goodman Intuition i. ii. 15 The women spindly in high heels, the men trussed up in crimson neckties.

2. figurative. Of or relating to blood; sanguinary. Also: suffused with blood; blushing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > [adjective]

bloodyeOE

sanguine1447

blood-likea1500

bloodish1530

crimson1560

sanguineous1646

sanguiferous1682

sanguinary1684

sanguinous1833

haemal1839

haematoid1840

haematic1854

haematogenic1876

haematogenous1880

haematal1886

1560 Bible (Geneva) Isa. i. 18 Thogh your sinnes were as crimsin, they shalbe made white as snowe.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 45 Such crimson tempest should bedrench..King Richards land.

1640 J. D. Knave in Graine ii. i. sig. E2 One of us twaine..shall Offer up a crimson sacrifice of his most precious blood.

1661 G. Wharton Select Poems 12 Why may not I some crimson Lines leave out, To save my ankles from the Prison-gout?

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xxi. 383 At ev'ry Step, before Achilles stood The crimson Surge.

1777 W. Jones Palace of Fortune 19 Crimson conquest glow'd where'er he trod.

1850 J. R. Simms Trappers N.Y. 119 The blade which had so many times been stained with the crimson torrent of life.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. x. 288 She turned..deadly pale and then crimson.

1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 81 The crimson crime, The basest in the book of Time.

1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow iv. 101 She bent over her hymn-book crimson with confusion.

1952 R. Campbell tr. C. Baudelaire Poems 45 Sabres bleak With crimson blood-gouts lit the air above.

2002 T. Lott Rumours of Hurricane (2003) ix. 220 Well, there's a bright side. No more PMT. No more crimson fucking tide.

B. n.

†1. Crimson fabric or cloth. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric of specific colour > [noun] > pink or red

redc1275

sanguine1319

Brazil1389

crimson1416

murrey1530

carnadine1598

vermiliona1640

pompadour1761

1416 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 32 (MED) [A gown of red] crymesyn..[a doublet unmade of red] cremesyn.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 63 A sleue..of fyne cremoysin alle drawen ouer wyth golde wyer.

a1500 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Adv.) in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 114 Wer ther of gold any clothes fownde..Or was ther any veluet or crymysyn.

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xlvii. 316 Not..clothed in..veluet, sattin, or damaske, or crimosine ingrayned, but in sackecloth.

1595 E. Spenser Epithalamion in Amoretti & Epithalamion xiii. sig. H2 Like crimsin dyde in grayne.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Alchermes, a graine wherewith Crimzons are dyed.

1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce clxxv. 97 Crimsons and Carnalions pay 10½. Livers over and above the ¼. before mentioned.

2. Crimson colour or pigment; a shade or tint of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > deep red or crimson

crimson madderOE

purpureOE

murrey1305

tuly1398

oxblood?1440

crimson?a1475

sanguinea1500

carnation?1533

murrey colour1537

purple-red1565

ruby1572

sanguine red1601

velvet-crimson1646

lake1660

lac1682

rubine1704

madder red1728

ruby-red1738

granate1750

palm-colour1773

morone1777

carmine1799

vinaceous1819

incarnadine1821

crimsoning1833

pigeon's blood1865

solferinoc1865

Burgundy1881

sang-de-bœuf1881

vermilion-crimson1882

claret1884

royal red1890

wine1895

pigeon ruby red1897

Bordeaux1904

peony1914

madder crimson1991

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > other red pigments

rosetc1450

crimson?a1475

patise1589

sandyx1601

lake1616

lac1682

red lac1682

light red1692

carmine1712

rose pink1732

Venetian red1753

fire-red1798

pink saucer1804

chica1818

Florentine lake1822

French red1844

Antwerp red1851

Paris lake1866

carajura1874

cadmium red1886

Chinese vermilion1886

Chinese red1892

terra rosa1897

vermilionette1897

Derby red1904

Monastral1936

?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 227 Þe most costyous cloth of Crenseyn.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxliii^v Cladde in one lyuerey of Browne..& the seruauntys of the Dolphyn of Uyen..in Blewe and Cremesyne.

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. F The burgers..had all the coate coulours of sanguin, purple, crimson, copper, carnation that were to be had in their countenaunces.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 294 Ros'd ouer with the Virgin Crimson of Modestie.

1664 R. Boyle Exper. & Considerations Colours xxxvii. 289 Crimson seems to be little else than a very deep Red, with (perhaps) an Eye of Blew.

1757 J. Hill Eden 389/2 The Ground Colour..is a pearly grey, with a Tinge of faint crimson diffus'd all over it.

1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing II. ii. iii. v. 195 These salts..have the property of changing the colour of scarlet to crimson.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 537 For pale crimsons the quantity of cochineal is reduced.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxiv. 175 The western heaven glowed with crimson.

1925 J. Dos Passos Manhattan Transfer i. 136 Over the giltedged saddlecloth..in green letters pointed with crimson.

1972 A. D. Foster Tar-Aiym Krang 100 He turned to see the bulky shape of a cargo shuttle leap spaceward, trailing its familiar tail of cream and crimson.

2002 P. Clabburn Shawls (ed. 2) 33 This, in contrast to the more general pinks and crimsons, was a real pillar-box red.

Compounds

C1. Forming parasynthetic and instrumental adjectives, as crimson-bloomed, crimson-coloured, crimson-leaved, etc.

ΚΠ

1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Medea i. i. f.3 With crimsen colourd blood of babes harte, their alters wil I staine.

1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. G Hyr sweete and eke hyr sugred lippes, softe, rounded lyke the berrie, Right well to me resemble doe the crimson bloomed cherrie.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 291 A crimsin-coloured iuice.

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 56 Those crimson-died crimes.

1746 J. Warton Odes xiii. 44 Far from grim wolves..Or crimson-crested serpent's hungry hiss.

1786 R. Burns Poems 170 Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r.

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. lvii. 89 The crimson-scarfed men of Macedon.

1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 19 Fragments of a crimson-colored rock were found by the miners.

1949 H. Wilcox Six Moons in Sulawesi v. 117 The crimson-leaved tabang plant.

1968 L. Blanch Journey into Mind's Eye vii. xxi. 290 I was now conducted to my compartment along a crimson-carpeted corridor.

2006 Private Eye 7 July 27/1 The crimson-lipped arms of a snaggle-toothed matriarch.

C2. Modifying colour words to form adjectives and nouns, as crimson-purple, crimson-red, crimson-scarlet, etc.

ΚΠ

1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church iv. iii. 241 O happie Speare and blessed, dyde Crimson red in blood.

1620 T. Walkington Rabboni sig. A5^v Let that truest Purgatorie expiate our crimson scarlet sins.

1696 2nd Pt. Johnson's Hist. Seven Champions Christendom (new ed.) ii. i. sig. A4^v Her Face before that blushed like the Morning's radiant Countenance, was now changed into a Crimson-red.

1740 T. Short Ess. Hist. Princ. Mineral Waters i. 137 A deep crimson purple coloured sediment was left in the one [sc. Receiver].

1843 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 80 Orange-yellow..with crimson-red, are the usual hues of the cushion-stars.

1882 Garden 24 June 435/3 Flaked with crimson-purple.

1928 Garden & Home Builder Aug. 520/1 A gold and crimson-maroon. Considered by many the best variegata.

1952 C. Beaton Diary 4 Nov. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xviii. 244 The shoulders of his long crimson-lake cloak.

1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 92 The colour of its flowers..is the brightest possible crimson-scarlet.

2006 Art Rev. Aug. 22/1 Innis's new work is..rendered in crimson-reds and anaemic blue-whites.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

crimsonv.

Brit.

/ˈkrɪmzn/, U.S.

/ˈkrɪmz(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: crimson adj.

Etymology: < crimson adj.

1. transitive. To make crimson; to redden, esp. with blood. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > make red [verb (transitive)] > make deep red

crimson1609

enclaret1648

ruby1726

encrimson1773

becrimson1837

1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xii. lix. 285 His reeking sword, late crimson'd in the foe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 207 Heere thy Hunters stand..Crimson'd in thy Lethee.

a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 51 Stain'd with blood, and crimson'd o'er with crimes.

1768 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 5 My Cheeks are crimson'd with the flush of indignation.

1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. xii. 238 Her lovely face which was crimsoned with her flashing blood.

1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile iv. 102 A gorgeous sunset was crimsoning the palms and pigeon-towers of Bedreshayn.

1917 E. Wharton Summer xi. 168 His wrath blazed up, crimsoning him to the temples.

1987 H. Turtledove Misplaced Legion ix. 189 Videssian blood, too, crimsoned the cobbles of Middle Street.

2001 J. Le Fanu They don't know what's Wrong xvi. 249 Some unfortunate people are chronic blushers, in whom the slightest stimulus can crimson the face.

2. intransitive. To become crimson; esp. (of a person or part of the body) to redden with embarrassment, rage, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > manifest itself [verb (intransitive)] > change colour > be or become red with emotion

redOE

glowc1386

blushc1450

colour1616

reddena1648

crimson1780

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [verb (intransitive)] > blush

redOE

rudOE

glowc1386

blushc1450

colour1616

paint1631

reddena1648

vermilion1699

mantle1707

flush1709

crimson1780

rouge1780

ruddy1845

smoke1862

mount1894

rose1922

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > become red [verb (intransitive)] > become deep red

crimson1780

1780 tr. New Treasure Knowl. 259 Lancelot..crimsoned at the thought.

1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions I. x. 163 Bless me, sister, cried Lavinia, again crimsoning.

1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater 21 The ancient towers..beginning to crimson with the radiant lustre of a cloudless July morning.

1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles i. xv. 79 Jane's pale face crimsoned at the idea of parting with it.

1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xx. 345 The Moderator's face crimsoned with wrath.

1949 E. Goudge Gentian Hill iii. iv. 332 ‘I am afraid of rats and thunderstorms and Them,’ said Stella, her cheeks crimsoning with shame.

1993 G. Bear Moving Mars 408 My face must have crimsoned. My hands began to shake with rage.

Derivatives

ˈcrimsoned adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > [adjective] > made red

rubified?1526

reddened1552

empurpled1600

crimsoneda1641

ruddied1793

incarnadined1821

carnationed1823

a1641 J. Webster & T. Heywood Appius & Virginia (1654) i. 9 Let the enemies stript arm have his crimson'd brawns up to the elbowes in your traiterous bloud.

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 174 The moon..Shews her broad visage in the crimson'd east.

1889 Harper's Mag. Aug. 421/2 Eve's crimsoned face turned white.

2006 E. O'Brien Light of Evening 113 Starlings..making nests in the crimsoned corners of the high rubbled ceiling.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	crimson
释义	crimsonadj.n. Brit. /ˈkrɪmzn/, U.S. /ˈkrɪmz(ə)n/ Forms: late Middle English cramesyn, late Middle English cremysene, late Middle English crenseyn, late Middle English crymeson, late Middle English crymessyn, late Middle English crymesyne, late Middle English crymyson, late Middle English grymsyn, late Middle English 1600s cremysine, late Middle English–1500s cramoysin, late Middle English–1500s cremesin, late Middle English–1500s cremesyn, late Middle English–1500s cremesyne, late Middle English–1500s cremosyn, late Middle English–1500s cremoysin, late Middle English–1500s cremysen, late Middle English–1500s cremysyn, late Middle English–1500s crimesyne, late Middle English–1500s crymasyn, late Middle English–1500s crymesyn, late Middle English–1500s crymsyn, late Middle English–1500s crymsyne, late Middle English–1500s crymysyn, late Middle English–1600s crimeson, late Middle English–1600s crimsin, late Middle English–1600s crymson, 1500s chrymesyn, 1500s cramosyn, 1500s cramoysen, 1500s cramysin, 1500s cremesine, 1500s cremesun, 1500s cremsin, 1500s crimesin, 1500s crimison, 1500s crimosen, 1500s crimozen, 1500s crimsen, 1500s crymasyne, 1500s crymosyn, 1500s crymosyne, 1500s crymsone, 1500s crymsynne, 1500s crymzen, 1500s crynsan, 1500s 1700s crymysin, 1500s–1600s cremosin, 1500s–1600s crimosin, 1500s–1600s crimosine, 1500s–1600s crimosyn, 1500s–1600s crimosyne, 1500s–1600s crymosen, 1500s–1600s crymosin, 1500s–1600s crymosine, 1500s–1600s crymsen, 1500s–1600s crymsin, 1500s– crimson, 1600s cramosin, 1600s crimsone, 1600s crimzon, 1600s cryimson, 1600s crymisyn; also Scottish pre-1700 crimpson, pre-1700 crimpsone; N.E.D. (1893) also records forms late Middle English cramoysen, late Middle English cramysin, late Middle English cremesine, late Middle English crimesin, late Middle English crymasyne. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French cremosin, cremesin; Latin cremosinus, carmosinus. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman cremosin (noun) crimson cloth (14th cent.) and Middle French cremesin, cremasin (14th cent.), cramoisin (15th cent.) (adjective) crimson, and its etymon post-classical Latin cremosinus, cremusinus, cramacenus, crimesinus, crimisinus (from c1435 in British and continental sources), variants (with metathesis of r ) of post-classical Latin carmosinus, carmusinus of a deep red colour, crimson colour, crimson cloth (from mid 15th cent. in British and continental sources), ultimately < Arabic qermazī , qirmazī (see cramoisy adj.) + classical Latin -īnus -ine suffix¹, probably via a form in a Romance language. Compare Old Occitan cremesin (15th cent.), Spanish clemesin , cremesin (both c1400), carmesin , carmesino , quermesino (15th cent.), Italian cremisino , cremesino (15th or 16th cent.), chermisino , chermesino , chermosino (16th cent.), carmesino , carmosino (15th or 16th cent.). Compare cramoisy adj. and foreign-language forms cited at that entry. Compare also carmine n. and adj. A. adj. 1. Of a deep red colour somewhat inclining towards purple; of the colour of an alkaline infusion of cochineal.Historically, the colour obtained from the Kermes or Scarlet Grain insect, at first chiefly used in dyeing fine cloth and velvet (French velours cramoisi), in connection with which this shade of red was first distinguished in English. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > deep red or crimson blood-redeOE purpleOE bloodyOE purpurine1300 sanguinea1382 tuly1398 crimsonc1400 murreyc1400 purpurec1400 sanguinolentc1450 cramoisy1480 ruby-redc1487 rubya1500 sanguineousc1520 sanguine-coloured1552 blood-coloured1567 rubine1576 purple-red1578 rubied?1594 incarnadine1605 Tyrian?1614 rubiousa1616 murrey-coloured1657 haematine1658 vinaceous1688 carmine1737 claret-coloured1779 ensanguined1785 peony1810 sanguinaceous1816 gory1822 crimsony1830 vinous1834 laky1849 grenat1851 madder1852 wine-dark1855 pigeon's blood1870 poppy crimson1879 claret1882 vinous1894 alizarin1923 wine1950 c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 458 And iij. other estates with hem, clothed in oon sute, in rede fyne saten crymsyn [c1450 Cambr. Hh.6.9 and crymsyn] furred with Martrons. 1416 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 100 (MED) [A] crymesyn [mantle of estate]. a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) l. 9011 (MED) A mantell..she had Of red saten full good cremesyn [a1500 Rawl. Poet. crymsyne]. 1462 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 149 A jaket off crymysyn clothe. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxvj^v All appareled in Crimosyne clothe. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Oiv^v This cramoysen gowne. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 66 Some of them glitter with a perfect crimson dye. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. ii. 130 Dyed in Lilly white and Cremsin redde. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §224 Two Lanthorns..the one a Crimsin, and the other an Azure. 1661 P. Heylyn Ecclesia Restaurata 72 He was there presented..two pieces of cloth of gold, one whereof was raised with Crimson Velvet. 1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 427 An old piece of crimson Ribbon ty'd Sashways about him. 1778 H. Jones Clifton 38 They rob the rainbow and th'etherial lawn, The plaited clouds that deck the crimson dawn. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 271 His wounded arm was supported by a scarf, or sling of crimson silk. 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 110 Why..are the most distant clouds crimsonest? 1895 Argosy Nov. 167/2 The brine is inhabited by an incalculable multitude of microscopic animalcules of crimson hue. 1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxxiii. 644 Strontium nitrate..is used in pyrotechny to produce a crimson flame. 1957 P. White Voss iii. 70 Belle had a spray of the crimson bottlebrush that she had torn off. 1986 D. Koontz Strangers i. i. 23 The crimson afternoon faded to electric blue. 2006 A. Goodman Intuition i. ii. 15 The women spindly in high heels, the men trussed up in crimson neckties. 2. figurative. Of or relating to blood; sanguinary. Also: suffused with blood; blushing. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > [adjective] bloodyeOE sanguine1447 blood-likea1500 bloodish1530 crimson1560 sanguineous1646 sanguiferous1682 sanguinary1684 sanguinous1833 haemal1839 haematoid1840 haematic1854 haematogenic1876 haematogenous1880 haematal1886 1560 Bible (Geneva) Isa. i. 18 Thogh your sinnes were as crimsin, they shalbe made white as snowe. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 45 Such crimson tempest should bedrench..King Richards land. View more context for this quotation 1640 J. D. Knave in Graine ii. i. sig. E2 One of us twaine..shall Offer up a crimson sacrifice of his most precious blood. 1661 G. Wharton Select Poems 12 Why may not I some crimson Lines leave out, To save my ankles from the Prison-gout? 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xxi. 383 At ev'ry Step, before Achilles stood The crimson Surge. 1777 W. Jones Palace of Fortune 19 Crimson conquest glow'd where'er he trod. 1850 J. R. Simms Trappers N.Y. 119 The blade which had so many times been stained with the crimson torrent of life. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. x. 288 She turned..deadly pale and then crimson. 1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 81 The crimson crime, The basest in the book of Time. 1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow iv. 101 She bent over her hymn-book crimson with confusion. 1952 R. Campbell tr. C. Baudelaire Poems 45 Sabres bleak With crimson blood-gouts lit the air above. 2002 T. Lott Rumours of Hurricane (2003) ix. 220 Well, there's a bright side. No more PMT. No more crimson fucking tide. B. n. †1. Crimson fabric or cloth. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric of specific colour > [noun] > pink or red redc1275 sanguine1319 Brazil1389 crimson1416 murrey1530 carnadine1598 vermiliona1640 pompadour1761 1416 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 32 (MED) [A gown of red] crymesyn..[a doublet unmade of red] cremesyn. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 63 A sleue..of fyne cremoysin alle drawen ouer wyth golde wyer. a1500 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Adv.) in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 114 Wer ther of gold any clothes fownde..Or was ther any veluet or crymysyn. 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xlvii. 316 Not..clothed in..veluet, sattin, or damaske, or crimosine ingrayned, but in sackecloth. 1595 E. Spenser Epithalamion in Amoretti & Epithalamion xiii. sig. H2 Like crimsin dyde in grayne. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Alchermes, a graine wherewith Crimzons are dyed. 1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce clxxv. 97 Crimsons and Carnalions pay 10½. Livers over and above the ¼. before mentioned. 2. Crimson colour or pigment; a shade or tint of this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > deep red or crimson crimson madderOE purpureOE murrey1305 tuly1398 oxblood?1440 crimson?a1475 sanguinea1500 carnation?1533 murrey colour1537 purple-red1565 ruby1572 sanguine red1601 velvet-crimson1646 lake1660 lac1682 rubine1704 madder red1728 ruby-red1738 granate1750 palm-colour1773 morone1777 carmine1799 vinaceous1819 incarnadine1821 crimsoning1833 pigeon's blood1865 solferinoc1865 Burgundy1881 sang-de-bœuf1881 vermilion-crimson1882 claret1884 royal red1890 wine1895 pigeon ruby red1897 Bordeaux1904 peony1914 madder crimson1991 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > other red pigments rosetc1450 crimson?a1475 patise1589 sandyx1601 lake1616 lac1682 red lac1682 light red1692 carmine1712 rose pink1732 Venetian red1753 fire-red1798 pink saucer1804 chica1818 Florentine lake1822 French red1844 Antwerp red1851 Paris lake1866 carajura1874 cadmium red1886 Chinese vermilion1886 Chinese red1892 terra rosa1897 vermilionette1897 Derby red1904 Monastral1936 ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 227 Þe most costyous cloth of Crenseyn. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxliii^v Cladde in one lyuerey of Browne..& the seruauntys of the Dolphyn of Uyen..in Blewe and Cremesyne. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. F The burgers..had all the coate coulours of sanguin, purple, crimson, copper, carnation that were to be had in their countenaunces. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 294 Ros'd ouer with the Virgin Crimson of Modestie. View more context for this quotation 1664 R. Boyle Exper. & Considerations Colours xxxvii. 289 Crimson seems to be little else than a very deep Red, with (perhaps) an Eye of Blew. 1757 J. Hill Eden 389/2 The Ground Colour..is a pearly grey, with a Tinge of faint crimson diffus'd all over it. 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing II. ii. iii. v. 195 These salts..have the property of changing the colour of scarlet to crimson. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 537 For pale crimsons the quantity of cochineal is reduced. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxiv. 175 The western heaven glowed with crimson. 1925 J. Dos Passos Manhattan Transfer i. 136 Over the giltedged saddlecloth..in green letters pointed with crimson. 1972 A. D. Foster Tar-Aiym Krang 100 He turned to see the bulky shape of a cargo shuttle leap spaceward, trailing its familiar tail of cream and crimson. 2002 P. Clabburn Shawls (ed. 2) 33 This, in contrast to the more general pinks and crimsons, was a real pillar-box red. Compounds C1. Forming parasynthetic and instrumental adjectives, as crimson-bloomed, crimson-coloured, crimson-leaved, etc. ΚΠ 1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Medea i. i. f.3 With crimsen colourd blood of babes harte, their alters wil I staine. 1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. G Hyr sweete and eke hyr sugred lippes, softe, rounded lyke the berrie, Right well to me resemble doe the crimson bloomed cherrie. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 291 A crimsin-coloured iuice. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 56 Those crimson-died crimes. 1746 J. Warton Odes xiii. 44 Far from grim wolves..Or crimson-crested serpent's hungry hiss. 1786 R. Burns Poems 170 Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. lvii. 89 The crimson-scarfed men of Macedon. 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 19 Fragments of a crimson-colored rock were found by the miners. 1949 H. Wilcox Six Moons in Sulawesi v. 117 The crimson-leaved tabang plant. 1968 L. Blanch Journey into Mind's Eye vii. xxi. 290 I was now conducted to my compartment along a crimson-carpeted corridor. 2006 Private Eye 7 July 27/1 The crimson-lipped arms of a snaggle-toothed matriarch. C2. Modifying colour words to form adjectives and nouns, as crimson-purple, crimson-red, crimson-scarlet, etc. ΚΠ 1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church iv. iii. 241 O happie Speare and blessed, dyde Crimson red in blood. 1620 T. Walkington Rabboni sig. A5^v Let that truest Purgatorie expiate our crimson scarlet sins. 1696 2nd Pt. Johnson's Hist. Seven Champions Christendom (new ed.) ii. i. sig. A4^v Her Face before that blushed like the Morning's radiant Countenance, was now changed into a Crimson-red. 1740 T. Short Ess. Hist. Princ. Mineral Waters i. 137 A deep crimson purple coloured sediment was left in the one [sc. Receiver]. 1843 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 80 Orange-yellow..with crimson-red, are the usual hues of the cushion-stars. 1882 Garden 24 June 435/3 Flaked with crimson-purple. 1928 Garden & Home Builder Aug. 520/1 A gold and crimson-maroon. Considered by many the best variegata. 1952 C. Beaton Diary 4 Nov. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xviii. 244 The shoulders of his long crimson-lake cloak. 1996 Chiltern Seeds Catal. 92 The colour of its flowers..is the brightest possible crimson-scarlet. 2006 Art Rev. Aug. 22/1 Innis's new work is..rendered in crimson-reds and anaemic blue-whites. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). crimsonv. Brit. /ˈkrɪmzn/, U.S. /ˈkrɪmz(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: crimson adj. Etymology: < crimson adj. 1. transitive. To make crimson; to redden, esp. with blood. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > make red [verb (transitive)] > make deep red crimson1609 enclaret1648 ruby1726 encrimson1773 becrimson1837 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xii. lix. 285 His reeking sword, late crimson'd in the foe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 207 Heere thy Hunters stand..Crimson'd in thy Lethee. View more context for this quotation a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 51 Stain'd with blood, and crimson'd o'er with crimes. 1768 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 5 My Cheeks are crimson'd with the flush of indignation. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. xii. 238 Her lovely face which was crimsoned with her flashing blood. 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile iv. 102 A gorgeous sunset was crimsoning the palms and pigeon-towers of Bedreshayn. 1917 E. Wharton Summer xi. 168 His wrath blazed up, crimsoning him to the temples. 1987 H. Turtledove Misplaced Legion ix. 189 Videssian blood, too, crimsoned the cobbles of Middle Street. 2001 J. Le Fanu They don't know what's Wrong xvi. 249 Some unfortunate people are chronic blushers, in whom the slightest stimulus can crimson the face. 2. intransitive. To become crimson; esp. (of a person or part of the body) to redden with embarrassment, rage, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > manifest itself [verb (intransitive)] > change colour > be or become red with emotion redOE glowc1386 blushc1450 colour1616 reddena1648 crimson1780 the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [verb (intransitive)] > blush redOE rudOE glowc1386 blushc1450 colour1616 paint1631 reddena1648 vermilion1699 mantle1707 flush1709 crimson1780 rouge1780 ruddy1845 smoke1862 mount1894 rose1922 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > become red [verb (intransitive)] > become deep red crimson1780 1780 tr. New Treasure Knowl. 259 Lancelot..crimsoned at the thought. 1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions I. x. 163 Bless me, sister, cried Lavinia, again crimsoning. 1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater 21 The ancient towers..beginning to crimson with the radiant lustre of a cloudless July morning. 1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles i. xv. 79 Jane's pale face crimsoned at the idea of parting with it. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xx. 345 The Moderator's face crimsoned with wrath. 1949 E. Goudge Gentian Hill iii. iv. 332 ‘I am afraid of rats and thunderstorms and Them,’ said Stella, her cheeks crimsoning with shame. 1993 G. Bear Moving Mars 408 My face must have crimsoned. My hands began to shake with rage. Derivatives ˈcrimsoned adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > making or becoming red > [adjective] > made red rubified?1526 reddened1552 empurpled1600 crimsoneda1641 ruddied1793 incarnadined1821 carnationed1823 a1641 J. Webster & T. Heywood Appius & Virginia (1654) i. 9 Let the enemies stript arm have his crimson'd brawns up to the elbowes in your traiterous bloud. 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 174 The moon..Shews her broad visage in the crimson'd east. 1889 Harper's Mag. Aug. 421/2 Eve's crimsoned face turned white. 2006 E. O'Brien Light of Evening 113 Starlings..making nests in the crimsoned corners of the high rubbled ceiling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1400v.1609
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