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vermilion

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[ ver-mil-yuhn ]

noun

  1. a brilliant scarlet red.
  2. a bright-red, water-insoluble pigment consisting of mercuric sulfide, once obtained from cinnabar, now usually produced by the reaction of mercury and sulfur.


adjective

  1. of the color vermilion.

verb (used with object)

  1. to color with or as if with vermilion.

Vermilion

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[ ver-mil-yuhn ]

noun

  1. a town in N Ohio.

vermilion

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noun

    1. a bright red to reddish-orange colour
    2. ( as adjective )

      a vermilion car

  1. mercuric sulphide, esp when used as a bright red pigment; cinnabar
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vermilion1

1250–1300; Middle English vermilioun, vermillon < Anglo-French, Old French verm ( e ) illon, equivalent to vermeil vermeil + -on noun suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vermilion1

C13: from Old French vermeillon, from vermeil
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While competing, his forehead was marked with a vermilion tika, a Hindu symbol of power and purity.

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The floodplains also provide habitat for monarch butterflies and birds such as vermilion flycatchers, yellow warblers and red-winged blackbirds.

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Clark off North Carolina, with vermilion snapper schooling nearby.

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The blood-red hue of a small, 1974 silkscreen version in vermilion, installed with four drawings in a side gallery, evokes engorgement and violence.

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Some of Jade’s work spoke to her personal interests in nature and birds, like an entry she wrote on the vermilion flycatcher, which got about 21,000 page views in the past 12 months.

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