• n. A termn partly from the French "cremosin" and partly from the Latin "cremosinus" "cramacenus" "crimesinus". A deep red colour, somewhat inclining towards purple. Similar of an alkaline infusion of cochineal. It is also used as an adjective.

• http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300311085 (Silk Heritage Thesaurus)

• Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]; Roberts A., Edward. A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words Based on Indo-European Roots. Bloomington: Xlibris, 2014.

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