envermeil

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verb

To colour with, or as if with, vermilion; to dye red.

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Meanings

verbenvermeil (third-person singular simple present envermeils, present participle envermeiling, simple past and past participle envermeiled)

present singular third person envermeils · participle present envermeiling · participle past envermeiled · past envermeiled

  1. obsoletepoetictransitiveTo colour with, or as if with, vermilion; to dye red.

    1625, On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough, by John Milton For he being amorous on that lovely die / That did thy cheek envermeil, thought to kiss / But kill'd alas, and then bewayl'd his fatal bliss.

Origin

From en- + vermeil: compare Old French envermeiller.

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Translations

Russian окра́сить багря́нцем, подрумя́нить
  • окра́сить багря́нцем (okrásitʹ bagrjáncem)to colour with vermilion (poetic)
  • подрумя́нить (podrumjánitʹ)to colour with vermilion (poetic)
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APA

envermeil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/envermeil

MLA

“envermeil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/envermeil. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “envermeil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/envermeil.

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