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 Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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