Vermeil
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvɜː.meɪl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Vermeil is an adjective meaning (poetic, now rare) Bright scarlet, vermilion.
Meaning
(poetic, now rare) Bright scarlet, vermilion.
More Meanings
- (poetic, now rare) Specifically of faces, lips etc.: red, ruddy, healthy-looking.
- (poetic) Vermilion; bright red.
- Silver gilt or gilt bronze.
- A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold.
Example Sentences
a lip as vermeil as her own. (IV, xxx)
And in her cheekes the vermeill red did shew / Like roses in a bed of lillies shed[…].
his carriage; demeanor, and venerable behaviour, in a face so young, vermeill, and heart enflaming[…].
Many and many a verse I hope to write, Before the daisies, vermeil rimm’d and white, Hide in deep herbage;
Word Forms
- vermile
- vermeils
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vermile, vermillion, vermilion, rubineous, ruby, carmine.
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