PREFERRED TERM
Crimson (fabric)
DEFINITION
- n. A termn partly from the French "cremosin" and partly from the Latin "cremosinus" "cramacenus" "crimesinus". A silk fabric or cloth of a deep red colour, somewhat inclining towards purple. Similar of an alkaline infusion of cochineal.
BROADER CONCEPT
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- 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
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Cramoisi (attribut)
French
Cremisino
Italian
Carmesí (tejido)
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/135
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