vermeil英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Vermilion; bright red. poetic

— The mortall steele stayed not till it was seene / To gore her side; yet was the wound not deepe, / But lightly rased her soft silken skin, / That drops of purple blood thereout did weepe, / Which did her lilly smock with staines of vermeil steep.
Silver gilt or gilt bronze.
A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold.

形容词 adj.

Bright scarlet, vermilion. archaic,poetic

— And in her cheekes the vermeill red did shew / Like roses in a bed of lillies shed[…].
Specifically of faces, lips etc.: red, ruddy, healthy-looking. archaic,poetic

— his carriage; demeanor, and venerable behaviour, in a face so young, vermeill, and heart enflaming[…].

词形变化

more vermeil comparative most vermeil superlative vermile alternative vermeils plural vermile alternative

词汇关系

词源

词源 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis
Proto-Italic *wormis
Latin vermis
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Proto-Italic *-kelos
Latin -culus
Latin vermiculus
Vulgar Latin *vermiclus
Old French vermeilbor.
Middle English vermayle
English vermeil
From Middle English vermayle, from Old French vermeil (“vermilion”), from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”), from vermis (“worm”), ultimately in reference to Kermes vermilio, a type of scale insect used to make a crimson dye. Doublet of vermicule.

词源 2

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis
Proto-Italic *wormis
Latin vermis
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Proto-Italic *-kelos
Latin -culus
Latin vermiculus
Vulgar Latin *vermiclus
Old French vermeilbor.
Middle English vermayle
English vermeil
From Middle English vermayle, from Old French vermeil (“vermilion”), from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”), from vermis (“worm”), ultimately in reference to Kermes vermilio, a type of scale insect used to make a crimson dye. Doublet of vermicule.