cramoisy
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of cramoisy
First recorded in 1375–1425; Middle English, from Middle French cramoisi, earlier crameisi, from Spanish carmesí, from Arabic qirmizī, equivalent to qirmiz + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or origin; replacing late Middle English cremesye, from Italian cremisino or Medieval Latin cremesīnus, from Arabic, as above; see origin at kermes; see also carmine, crimson ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Her great keirle, which was of cramoisy stitched with Cyprian gold, and covered her from head to foot, for it was an ample cloak.
From Flemish Legends by Coster, Charles de
"In Baudas they weave many different kinds of silk stuffs and gold brocades, such as nasich, and nac, and cramoisy, and many other beautiful tissue richly wrought with figures of beasts and birds."
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
MS. l'archiduc don Fernande, habill� d'une robbe de drapt d'or fourr�e de martres et ung pr�point de satin cramoisy, � une chayne d'or au col, y pendant la thoison.
From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Tremayne, Eleanor E.
La portraiture en toille d'ung jeusne enfant, tenant ung papejay sur sa main, habill� d'ung s�on cramoisy, quilete de drapt d'argent.
From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Tremayne, Eleanor E.
The emperor wore a rich robe of cloth of gold of cramoisy, and his son was in a robe of green damask.
From Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 by Putnam, Ruth
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