vermeil
Americannoun
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vermilion red.
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metal, as silver or bronze, that has been gilded.
adjective
noun
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gilded silver, bronze, or other metal, used esp in the 19th century
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vermilion
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( as adjective )
vermeil shoes
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Etymology
Origin of vermeil
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin vermiculus kermes (insect and dye), Latin: larva, grub; see vermicule
Example Sentences
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Place settings included more than 250 pieces of vermeil from the White House collection, alongside hand-painted menus.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
The necklace comes in sterling silver and 14-karat gold vermeil, with two chain lengths and six chain styles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
She eventually expanded into jewelry, offering oval filigree lockets, enamel vermeil zodiac charms and stackable gold bands that riff on 15th-century poesy rings.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
Well worth a grin: silly sterling silver and gold vermeil twisty straws from Tiffany ’s , a charmingly extravagant surprise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2018
Coarse complexions And cheeks of every grain will serve to ply The sampler, and to teaze the housewife's wool; What need a vermeil, tinctured lip for that, Love-darting eyes, and tresses like the morn?
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 561, August 11, 1832 by Various
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