Crimson
Crimson (krim"z'n) , noun
[Old English crimson, Old French crimoisin, French cramoisi (compare Sp. carmesi.) Late Latin carmesinus, from Arabic qermazi, from qermez crimson, kermes, from Sanskrit krmija produced by a worm; k{not transcribed}mi worm or insect + jan to generate; akin to English kin. CF. Carmine, Kermes.]
A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.
Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty.
Crimson , adjective
Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red.
A crimson tide.
The blushing poppy with a crimson hue.
Crimson (-z'nd) , transitive verb
To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe.
Crimson , transitive verb
To become crimson; to blush.
Ancient towers... beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning.