vermilion, vermillion, cinnabar, Chinese-red
(adjective) of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
scarlet, vermilion, orange red
(noun) a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
vermilion
(verb) color vermilion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vermilion (countable and uncountable, plural vermilions)
A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide.
A bright orange-red colour.
A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women.
The red skin of the lips or its border with the skin of the face.
(obsolete) The kermes or cochineal insect.
(obsolete) The cochineal dye made from this insect.
vermilion (comparative more vermilion, superlative most vermilion)
Having a brilliant red colour.
Having the color of the vermilion dye.
vermilion (third-person singular simple present vermilions, present participle vermilioning, simple past and past participle vermilioned)
(transitive) To color or paint vermilion.
• limnivore
Source: Wiktionary
Ver*mil"ion, n. Etym: [F. vermillon. See Vermeil.]
1. (Chem.)
Definition: A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red color, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc.
Note: The kermes insect has long been used for dyeing red or scarlet. It was formerly known as the worm dye, vermiculus, or vermiculum, and the cloth was called vermiculatia. Hence came the French vermeil for any red dye, and hence the modern name vermilion, although the substance it denotes is very different from the kermes, being a compound of mercury and sulphur. R. Hunt.
2. Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion.
Ver*mil"ion, v. t.
Definition: To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 November 2024
(adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques; “histologically identifiable structures”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
