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crimsonish

crimsonish adjective: somewhat crimson in colour; crimsony.

Adjective

crimsonish (comparative more crimsonish, superlative most crimsonish)

  1. Somewhat crimson in colour; crimsony.
    • I walked to the East River, to watch the crimsonish sheen fall over the water.2019, Jennifer duBois, The Spectators: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 182

Forms of crimsonish

comparativemore crimsonish
superlativemost crimsonish

Origin of crimsonish

From crimson + -ish.

Questions about crimsonish

What does crimsonish mean?
Crimsonish means somewhat crimson in colour; crimsony.
What part of speech is crimsonish?
Crimsonish is an adjective.

Words near crimsonish in the dictionary

  1. crimson-winged woodpecker
  2. crimson-winged woodpeckers
  3. crimsoned
  4. crimsoneth
  5. crimsoning
  6. crimsonish
  7. crimsonly
  8. crimsonness
  9. crimsons
  10. crimsonwing
  11. crimsonwings

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