CERISE

red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet

(adjective) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

cerise, cherry, cherry red

(noun) a red the color of ripe cherries

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cerise (countable and uncountable, plural cerises)

A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.

Adjective

cerise (comparative more cerise, superlative most cerise)

Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

Source: Wiktionary


Ce*rise", a. Etym: [F., a cherry. See Cherry.]

Definition: Cherry-colored; a light bright red; --- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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