kermesn.

Brit.

/ˈkəːmɪz/,

/ˈkəːmiːz/, U.S.

/ˈkɛrmiz/,

/ˈkɛrməs/

Forms: 1500s–1600s chermez, (1700s chermes), 1600s kermez, ( cremes), 1600s– kermes. See also alkermes n.

Etymology: = French kermès, Italian chermes, Spanish carmes, Portuguese kermes, < Arabic and Persian qirmiz (whence also carmine, cramoisy, crimson).

1. The pregnant female of the insect Coccus ilicis, formerly supposed to be a berry; gathered in large quantities from a species of evergreen oak in Southern Europe and North Africa, for use in dyeing, and formerly in medicine; the red dye-stuff consisting of the dried bodies of these insects; = alkermes n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus > coccus ilicus (kermes)

alkermes1547

scarlet-grain1597

kermes1610

kermes insect1841

dyer's bath-

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iv. ii. 81 Drugs, as Mechoacan, Kermez, Methium, [etc.].

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §738 The Scarlet Powder, which they call Kermez.

1736 Compl. Family-piece i. iv. 173 To which add Juice of Chermes 1 Pound.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 143 An insect of great use in medicine, is that..known by the name of the kermes.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 537 Kermes has not been much used since the art of brightening cochineal with tin was discovered.

1865 Morning Star 5 Apr. Plants infested by the aphis grub, weevil, kermes, cochineal, or tipula.

2. The small evergreen species of oak ( Quercus coccifera) on which this insect lives. More fully kermes oak.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > other oaks

red oakOE

cerre-tree1577

gall-tree1597

robur1601

kermes1605

live oak1610

white oak1610

royal oak1616

swamp-oak1683

grey oak1697

rock oak1699

chestnut oak1703

water oak1709

Spanish oak1716

turkey-oak1717

willow oak1717

iron oak1724

maiden oak1725

scarlet oak1738

black jack1765

post oak1775

durmast1791

mountain chestnut oak1801

quercitron oak1803

laurel oak1810

mossy-cup oak1810

rock chestnut oak1810

pin oak1812

overcup oak1814

overcup white oak1814

bur oak1815

jack oak1816

mountain oak1818

shingle-oak1818

gall-oak1835

peach oak1835

golden oak1838

weeping oak1838

Aleppo oak1845

Italian oak1858

dyer's oak1861

Gambel's Oak1878

maul oak1884

punk oak1884

sessile oak1906

Garry oak1908

roble1908

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 291 There growes..the Chermez, which on each side armes With pointed prickles all his precious armes.

1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. 177 The island..is fertile in fine plants, and covered with Lentisks, Kermes, and Cistus's.

1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 698 Quercus coccifera..is called the Kermes Oak.

1887 F. W. Bourdillon tr. Aucassin & Nicolette 122 She took many a lily head, With the bushy kermes-oak shoot.

3. Amorphous trisulphide of antimony, of a brilliant red colour. More fully kermes mineral.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > stibnite group > antimony trisulphide

kermes1753

stibine1843

stibnite1854

antimonite1868

antimony glance1875

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. The kermes mineral was a preparation of Glauber..made public in 1720.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The more the kermes contains of a regulus easily revivified, the more it proves emetic.

1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 251 Mr. Sage thinks it [Red Antimonial ore] a natural Kermes.

1831 J. Davies Man. Materia Medica ix. 328 When administered in the dose of a few grains, kermes acts as an emetic.

1859 R. H. Semple tr. P. Bretonneau et al. Mem. Diphtheria 10 Kermes mineral was given in emetic and repeated doses.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as kermes-berry, kermes grain.

ΚΠ

1671 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 46 I did not then suspect it to be anything akin to the Kermes kind.

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 457 As for the grains themselves they are so like the Kermes grains.

1676 N. Grew Exper. Luctation i. §15 Kermes-berries, commonly, but ignorantly, so called.

C2.

kermes insect n. = sense 1.

ΘΚΠ

alkermes1547

scarlet-grain1597

kermes1610

kermes insect1841

dyer's bath-

1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 213/2 The Kermes insect, which yields so brilliant and permanent a blood-red dye.

kermes lake n. (see quot. ).

ΚΠ

1849 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. ii. 246/1 Kermes lake, an ancient pigment.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kermes
释义	kermesn. Brit. /ˈkəːmɪz/, /ˈkəːmiːz/, U.S. /ˈkɛrmiz/, /ˈkɛrməs/ Forms: 1500s–1600s chermez, (1700s chermes), 1600s kermez, ( cremes), 1600s– kermes. See also alkermes n. Etymology: = French kermès, Italian chermes, Spanish carmes, Portuguese kermes, < Arabic and Persian qirmiz (whence also carmine, cramoisy, crimson). 1. The pregnant female of the insect Coccus ilicis, formerly supposed to be a berry; gathered in large quantities from a species of evergreen oak in Southern Europe and North Africa, for use in dyeing, and formerly in medicine; the red dye-stuff consisting of the dried bodies of these insects; = alkermes n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus > coccus ilicus (kermes) alkermes1547 scarlet-grain1597 kermes1610 kermes insect1841 dyer's bath- 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iv. ii. 81 Drugs, as Mechoacan, Kermez, Methium, [etc.]. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §738 The Scarlet Powder, which they call Kermez. 1736 Compl. Family-piece i. iv. 173 To which add Juice of Chermes 1 Pound. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 143 An insect of great use in medicine, is that..known by the name of the kermes. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 537 Kermes has not been much used since the art of brightening cochineal with tin was discovered. 1865 Morning Star 5 Apr. Plants infested by the aphis grub, weevil, kermes, cochineal, or tipula. 2. The small evergreen species of oak ( Quercus coccifera) on which this insect lives. More fully kermes oak. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > other oaks red oakOE cerre-tree1577 gall-tree1597 robur1601 kermes1605 live oak1610 white oak1610 royal oak1616 swamp-oak1683 grey oak1697 rock oak1699 chestnut oak1703 water oak1709 Spanish oak1716 turkey-oak1717 willow oak1717 iron oak1724 maiden oak1725 scarlet oak1738 black jack1765 post oak1775 durmast1791 mountain chestnut oak1801 quercitron oak1803 laurel oak1810 mossy-cup oak1810 rock chestnut oak1810 pin oak1812 overcup oak1814 overcup white oak1814 bur oak1815 jack oak1816 mountain oak1818 shingle-oak1818 gall-oak1835 peach oak1835 golden oak1838 weeping oak1838 Aleppo oak1845 Italian oak1858 dyer's oak1861 Gambel's Oak1878 maul oak1884 punk oak1884 sessile oak1906 Garry oak1908 roble1908 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 291 There growes..the Chermez, which on each side armes With pointed prickles all his precious armes. 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. 177 The island..is fertile in fine plants, and covered with Lentisks, Kermes, and Cistus's. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 698 Quercus coccifera..is called the Kermes Oak. 1887 F. W. Bourdillon tr. Aucassin & Nicolette 122 She took many a lily head, With the bushy kermes-oak shoot. 3. Amorphous trisulphide of antimony, of a brilliant red colour. More fully kermes mineral. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > stibnite group > antimony trisulphide kermes1753 stibine1843 stibnite1854 antimonite1868 antimony glance1875 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. The kermes mineral was a preparation of Glauber..made public in 1720. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The more the kermes contains of a regulus easily revivified, the more it proves emetic. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 251 Mr. Sage thinks it [Red Antimonial ore] a natural Kermes. 1831 J. Davies Man. Materia Medica ix. 328 When administered in the dose of a few grains, kermes acts as an emetic. 1859 R. H. Semple tr. P. Bretonneau et al. Mem. Diphtheria 10 Kermes mineral was given in emetic and repeated doses. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as kermes-berry, kermes grain. ΚΠ 1671 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 46 I did not then suspect it to be anything akin to the Kermes kind. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 457 As for the grains themselves they are so like the Kermes grains. 1676 N. Grew Exper. Luctation i. §15 Kermes-berries, commonly, but ignorantly, so called. C2. kermes insect n. = sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus > coccus ilicus (kermes) alkermes1547 scarlet-grain1597 kermes1610 kermes insect1841 dyer's bath- 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 213/2 The Kermes insect, which yields so brilliant and permanent a blood-red dye. kermes lake n. (see quot. ). ΚΠ 1849 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. ii. 246/1 Kermes lake, an ancient pigment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1605
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