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encrimsoned

encrimsoned is the simple past and past participle of encrimson.

Meaning of encrimson

Verb

encrimson (third-person singular simple present encrimsons, present participle encrimsoning, simple past and past participle encrimsoned)

  1. (transitive) To make crimson or redden.

Adjective

encrimsoned (comparative more encrimsoned, superlative most encrimsoned)

  1. Dyed or colored crimson; reddened.
    • The inflexible advocate[s] of the people's rights, were either expelled the Senate Chamber, ostracised, or immolated on the reeking altars of patriotism, by the encrimsoned sword of slaughtering persecution.1811 July 4, Henry A[lexander] S[cammell] Dearborn, An Oration, Pronounced at Boston, on the Fourth Day of July, 1811, before the Supreme Executive and in the Presence of the Bunker-Hill Association...
    • Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around […].1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

Forms of encrimsoned

comparativemore encrimsoned
superlativemost encrimsoned

Origin of encrimsoned

From encrimson + -ed.

Questions about encrimsoned

What does encrimsoned mean?
Encrimsoned means dyed or colored crimson; reddened.
What is encrimsoned the simple past and past participle of?
Encrimsoned is the simple past and past participle of encrimson.
What part of speech is encrimsoned?
Encrimsoned is an adjective.

Words near encrimsoned in the dictionary

  1. encreel
  2. encreeled
  3. encreeling
  4. encreels
  5. encrimson
  6. encrimsoned
  7. encrimsoning
  8. encrimsons
  9. encrinal
  10. encrini
  11. encrinic

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