cerise
moderate to deep red.
Origin of cerise
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How to use cerise in a sentence
That fat old Hemerlingue found it restful, puffing in his stage-box on the ground floor as in a trough of cerise satin.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetThe gown was cerise in color, and from her forearm hung a great fan of green plumes.
Children of the Whirlwind | Leroy ScottHe smokes a pipe a yard long, and sits all day, with his swathed feet crossed Buddha fashion, on a brilliant cerise-pink blanket.
A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael StopesWe passed oaks all green and yellow, and maple trees, wonderfully colored red and cerise.
Tales of lonely trails | Zane GreyYes, James, soon you will once again see me in my silk hat, cerise fancy vest and brown boots (among other garments).
Punch, Volume 156, January 22, 1919. | Various
British Dictionary definitions for cerise
/ (səˈriːz, -ˈriːs) /
a moderate to dark red colour
(as adjective): a cerise scarf
Origin of cerise
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