cremesyn

Middle English

Alternative forms
  • crymesyn, grymsyn, crymysyn, crymsyne

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Andalusian Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Persian کرمست (kermest). Ultimately from Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɛmisin/

Noun

cremesyn (uncountable)

  1. crimson fabric

Descendants
  • English: crimson

References

Adjective

cremesyn

  1. Made of crimson cloth
  2. crimson-coloured

Descendants

References

See also
Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak
             red; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne              yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
             grasgrene              grene             
             plunket; ewage              asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers
             violet; inde              rose, murrey; purpel, purpur              claret
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