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vermeil

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈvɜː.meɪl/Sorted eeilmrvStarts with VEnds with L0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Bright scarlet, vermilion.

Word origin

From Middle English vermayle, from Old French vermeil (“vermilion”), from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”), from vermis (“worm”), ultimately in reference to Kermes vermilio, a type of scale insect used to make a crimson dye. Doublet of vermicule.

Used in a sentence

  • And in her cheekes the vermeill red did shew / Like roses in a bed of lillies shed[…].
  • Many and many a verse I hope to write, Before the daisies, vermeil rimm’d and white, Hide in deep herbage;
  • his carriage; demeanor, and venerable behaviour, in a face so young, vermeill, and heart enflaming[…].

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