Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Crimson.
- noun Crimson cloth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Crimson.
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- adjective obsolete
crimson
Etymologies
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Examples
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The coffin was laid in the middle of the church upon trestles, which were covered by “a cramoisie velvet pall.”
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I passed by a ruined tomb in the I past by a broken tomb amid midst of a garden way, Upon a garth right sheen, Whereon whose letterless stone seven on seven blooms of Nu'aman blood-red anemones lay. glowed with cramoisie.
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On other occasions he is attired in a dark-brown coat, with a velvet collar, a white neckerchief, in which a thin gold watch-chain is entwined, a waistcoat with a collar of _cramoisie_ and gold stars, an under-waistcoat of white satin, embroidered with gold flowers, full black pantaloons, spun silk stockings, and short square shoes.
Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century George Paston
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For my part, said the elder, I shall wear a velvet cramoisie trimmed à lAnglaisefor she had a passion for cramoisie, and could not perceive how ill the colour went with her complexion.
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Payne Burton I passed by a ruined tomb in the I past by a broken tomb amid midst of a garden way, Upon a garth right sheen, Whereon whose letterless stone seven on seven blooms of Nu'aman blood-red anemones lay. glowed with cramoisie.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906
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The coffin was laid in the middle of the church upon trestles, which were covered by "a cramoisie velvet pall."
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906
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On other occasions he is attired in a dark-brown coat, with a velvet collar, a white neckerchief, in which a thin gold watch-chain is entwined, a waistcoat with a collar of cramoisie and gold stars, an under-waistcoat of white satin, embroidered with gold flowers, full black pantaloons, spun silk stockings, and short square shoes.
Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century Paston, George, d. 1936 1902
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The coffin was laid in the middle of the church upon trestles, which were covered by "a cramoisie velvet pall."
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright 1897
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I passed by a ruined tomb in the I past by a broken tomb amid midst of a garden way, Upon a garth right sheen, Whereon whose letterless stone seven on seven blooms of Nu'aman blood-red anemones lay. glowed with cramoisie.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright 1897
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Panting a little, the woman came towards him across the many-hued marble floors; and, as she passed, a vase of great white lilies caught in her draperies of cramoisie and fell.
Gathering of Brother Hilarius Michael Fairless 1885
qms commented on the word cramoisie
I like my cheesecake framboise-y,
A scarlet and ivory jamboree
The cake’s at its best
When liberally blessed
With berries all lushly cramoisie.
September 4, 2018