alkermes

English

Etymology

From Middle French alkermès, probably from Spanish alquermes, from Arabic الْقِرْمِز (al-qirmiz), from Classical Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian, from Sanskrit [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /alˈkəːmɪz/

Noun

alkermes (uncountable)

1. The desiccated bodies of certain insects (female Kermes ilicis and Kermes vermilio), which live on the kermes oak, formerly much used as a material for dye and a medicinal ingredient; also a given mixture, preparation etc. containing such insects.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 5, member 1, subsection v:

     But alkermes many except against: in some cases it may help, if it be good […]

2. A red Italian alcoholic liqueur.

Translations

desiccated bodies of female Kermes ilicis and Kermes vermilio insects

• Portuguese: alquermes m, quermes m

red Italian liqueur

• Polish: alkiermes m
• Portuguese: alquermes m

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْقِرْمِز (al-qirmiz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈkɛr.mɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛrmɛs
• Syllabification: al‧ker‧mes

Noun

alkermes m inan

1. Alternative form of alkiermes

Declension

Declension of alkermes

	singular	plural
nominative	alkermes	alkermesy
genitive	alkermesu	alkermesów
dative	alkermesowi	alkermesom
accusative	alkermes	alkermesy
instrumental	alkermesem	alkermesami
locative	alkermesie	alkermesach
vocative	alkermesie	alkermesy

Further reading

• alkermes in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• alkermes in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego