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carmine, n. and a.|ˈkɑːmɪn|
[a. F. or Sp. carmin, in med.L. carmīn-us, contracted from carmesīn-us, f. Sp. carmesí crimson, a. Arab. qirmazī ‘crimson’, f. qirmiz, kermes, alkermes, the scarlet grain insect.]
1. A beautiful red or crimson pigment obtained from cochineal.
b. Chem. The colouring matter of cochineal; = carminic acid.
[c1450Alphita (Anecd. Oxon) 93 Lacca..de qua et urina humana fit carminum.] 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs It is of no other use that I know of..but to make Carmine. 1756Connoisseur No. 110 Fixing a high duty upon rouge and carmine. 1791Hamilton Berthollet's Dyeing II. ii. iii. iii. 180 Carmine is the lake obtained from cochineal by means of alum. 1882Vines Sachs' Bot. 39 Weak acetic solution of carmine [has] no power of colouring living protoplasm.
2. transf. As the name of a colour.
1799H. Hunter tr. St. Pierre's Stud Nat. I. 583 The azure insect deposited in a goblet of carmine. 1828Southey Ep. Cunningham, To give his cheeks that deep carmine engrain'd. 1870E. Marshall C. Kingscote 30 A sky where amber melted into the softest carmine.
3. a. attrib. or as adj. Of this colour; deep crimson. carmine spar = carminite. b. in comb., qualifying other adjs. of colour, as carmine-crimson, carmine-purple, etc.
1737–59P. Miller Gard. Dict., Anchusa..2..Perennial wild Borage with a Carmine Flower. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. i. (1873) 14 A most beautiful carmine-red fibrous matter. 1882Garden 1 Apr. 210/1 The fine bright carmine flowers of this plant. Ibid. 21 Oct. 354/1 Bracts of a bright carmine-crimson colour. Ibid. 14 Oct. 347/2 Dahlias..rich carmine-purple. |
