Definitions for vermilion

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vermilion ver·mil·ion

Spelling: [ver-mil-yuh n]

IPA: /vərˈmɪl yən/

Vermilion is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 331 anagrams from letters in vermilion (eiilmnorv).

Definitions for vermilion

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.
3. a town in N Ohio.

adjective

1. of the color vermilion.

verb (used with object)

1. to color with or as if with vermilion.

Origin of vermilion

1250-1300; Middle English vermilioun, vermillon Anglo-French, Old French verm(e)illon, equivalent to vermeil vermeil + -on noun suffix

Examples for vermilion

They will work, as I have seen, with wax hardened with vermilion or softened with lard.

Her vermilion colour had faded, and left her face deadly white.

The ceilings of its gilded roofs were of cedar painted with vermilion.

This I will do that my brother may be released from the vermilion tower.

Mr. Hamlin implanted a chaste salute on its vermilion cheek.

They mark the forehead of the bride with vermilion (sendur).

The lead is what gives the inside of the trough its vermilion color.

The colours most useful are ultramarine, vermilion, and chrome yellow in powder.

Her mouth, the vermilion of her lips, and her ivory teeth were all perfect.

Her lips, like bits of vermilion paper, stared as from an idol's face.