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词汇 kermes
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Definition of kermes in English:

kermes

noun ˈkəːmɪzˈkermēz
  • 1mass noun A red dye obtained from the crushed dried bodies of a female scale insect, used for colouring fabrics and manuscripts.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Not only dyeing with purpura juice, but also with kermes was common in Homer's day.
    • Exports from the city of Arcadia included wool, wax, silk, and kermes, destined for Venice via Zakynthos.
    • Traditional red colourings include kermes and cochineal, both of which are pigments made by crushing masses of tiny insects.
    • In medieval color symbolism, red often connoted sin, but it also indicated wealth, especially in trecento Italy, where woolen cloth dyed in kermes was the most expensive.
  • 2The scale insect from which kermes is obtained, forming galls on the kermes oak.

    胭脂虫,冬青红蚧

    Kermes illicis, family Eriococcidae, suborder Homoptera

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting the kermes oak): from French kermès, from Arabic qirmiz; related to crimson.

  • crimson from Late Middle English:

    The colour crimson was originally a deep red dye used in colouring fine cloth and velvet and obtained from an insect called the kermes (late 16th century), whose body was dried and ground up to produce the dye. The name of the insect came ultimately from Arabic qirmiz. See also ingrain, purple, vermilion

Definition of kermes in US English:

kermes

nounˈkermēz
  • 1A red dye obtained from the crushed dried bodies of a female scale insect, used for coloring fabrics and manuscripts.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Exports from the city of Arcadia included wool, wax, silk, and kermes, destined for Venice via Zakynthos.
    • Not only dyeing with purpura juice, but also with kermes was common in Homer's day.
    • Traditional red colourings include kermes and cochineal, both of which are pigments made by crushing masses of tiny insects.
    • In medieval color symbolism, red often connoted sin, but it also indicated wealth, especially in trecento Italy, where woolen cloth dyed in kermes was the most expensive.
  • 2The scale insect from which kermes is obtained, forming galls on the kermes oak.

    胭脂虫,冬青红蚧

    Kermes ilicis, family Eriococcidae, suborder Homoptera

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting the kermes oak): from French kermès, from Arabic qirmiz; related to crimson.

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