vermilion
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis
Proto-Italic *wormis
Latin vermis
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
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.
Inflected forms:
form: vermilions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: vermillion
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more vermilion
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most vermilion
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: vermillion
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: vermilions
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: vermilioning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: vermilioned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: vermilioned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: vermillion
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Take ſix Ounces of Brimſtone, and melt it in an Iron Ladle, then put two Pound of Quick-ſilver into a ſhammy Leather, or double Linnen Cloth, and ſqueeze it out into the melted Brimſtone, ſtirring them, in the mean Time, with a wooden Spatula till they are well united; and when they are cold, beat the Maſs into a Powder, and ſublime it in a Glaſs-veſſel, with a ſtrong Fire, and it will riſe into that Red Subſtance, which is called artificial Cinnabar or Vermilion.
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.
gloss: A bright orange-red colour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: While this particular difference in the shade of vermilion is very striking in the symmetrical, smooth skins of even and regular make, which I have just compared, I must confess that it probably would not be in rough skins such as some European ornithologists appear still content with.
gloss: A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The red skin of the lips or its border with the skin of the face.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The kermes or cochineal insect.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: The cochineal dye made from this insect.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: Having a brilliant red colour.
pos: adj
gloss: Having the color of the vermilion dye.
pos: adj
gloss: To color or paint vermilion.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Coraly has few of thoſe charms that conſtitute perſonal excellence—her cheek is pallid—her eye no brilliant; but when the latter beams benevolence, or ſparkles with mirth—when the former is ſuffuſed with the captivating bluſh of modeſty, or vermilioned with the glow of the tender paſſion, there are none more pleaſing.
Related words: vermeil
red
scarlet
Derived words: vermilion border
Vermilion County
vermilion flycatcher
Vermilion Parish
Vermilion River
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: киновар
roman: kinovar
lang: Bulgarian
word: цинобър
roman: cinobǎr
lang: Dutch
word: vermiljoen
lang: Finnish
word: sinooperinpunainen hiusväri
lang: Greek
word: κιννάβαρι
roman: kinnávari
lang: Gujarati
word: સિંદૂર
roman: sindūr
lang: Hindi
word: सिंदूर
roman: sindūr
lang: Polish
word: cynober
lang: Portuguese
word: vermelhão
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: цино́бер
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: cinóber