carmine
Plural: carmines
Noun
- A vivid, deep red color pigment.
- a variable color averaging a vivid red
- A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
- A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.
Verb
- color carmine
Adjective Satellite
- of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Adj
- Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.
Examples
- The CARMINE color of the triple word score square beckoned him.
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis
From French carmin, from irregular Medieval Latin carminium, itself from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) from Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), plus or with influence from Latin minium. Compare crimson and kermes.
Synonyms
blood-red, cardinal, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet, C.I. 75470, E120, cochineal
Scrabble Score: 11
carmine: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcarmine: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
carmine: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary