cremesyn

Middle English

Alternative forms

• crymesyn, grymsyn, crymysyn, crymsyne

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Andalusian Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Persian کرمست (kermest). Ultimately from Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛmisin/

Noun

cremesyn (uncountable)

1. crimson fabric

Descendants

• English: crimson

References

• “cremesin, n. & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

cremesyn

1. Made of crimson cloth
2. crimson-coloured

Descendants

• English: crimson

References

• “cremesin, n. & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)

whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blewe, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret