crimson

Meanings

Noun

• A deep, slightly bluish red.

Adjective

• Having a deep red colour.
• Immodest.

Verb

• To become crimson or deep red; to blush.
• To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.

Origin

• Late Middle English cremesyn, from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesin, from Arabic قِرْمِز, from Persian کرمست, from Middle Persian; see Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš. Cognate with Sanskrit कृमिज. Doublet of kermes; also see carmine.