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crimosin

crimosin is the obsolete form of crimson.

Meaning of crimson

Noun

crimson (countable and uncountable, plural crimsons)

  1. A deep, slightly bluish red.
    • To my horror I perceived that the yellow blossoms were all dabbled with crimson.1904 January 30, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Priory School”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC

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Forms of crimosin

pluralcrimosins

Questions about crimosin

What is crimosin the obsolete form of?
Crimosin is the obsolete form of crimson.

Words near crimosin in the dictionary

  1. Crimmins
  2. Crimminses
  3. crimo
  4. crimogenic
  5. crimony
  6. crimosin
  7. crimosins
  8. crimp
  9. crimp house
  10. crimpage
  11. crimped

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