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   crimson

   /ˈkrɪmzn/

   adjective

   • 1. of a rich deep red colour inclining to purple: "she blushed crimson with embarrassment"

   noun

   • 1. a rich deep red colour inclining to purple: "a pair of corduroy trousers in livid crimson, they were horrid to behold"

   verb

   • 1. (of a person's face) become flushed, especially through embarrassment: "my face crimsoned and my hands began to shake"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesin, based on Arabic qirmizī, from qirmiz (see kermes). Compare with carmine.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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