Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
encrimsoned. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
encrimsoned, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
encrimsoned in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
encrimsoned you have here. The definition of the word
encrimsoned will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
encrimsoned, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From encrimson + -ed.
Verb
encrimsoned
- simple past and past participle of encrimson
Adjective
encrimsoned (comparative more encrimsoned, superlative most encrimsoned)
- Dyed or colored crimson; reddened.
1811 July 4, Henry A S Dearborn, An Oration, Pronounced at Boston, on the Fourth Day of July, 1811, before the Supreme Executive and in the Presence of the Bunker-Hill Association, Boston, Mass.: Printed by Munroe & French, printer to the state, →OCLC, pages 4–5:The inflexible advocate of the people's rights, were either expelled the Senate Chamber, ostracised, or immolated on the reeking altars of patriotism, by the encrimsoned sword of slaughtering persecution.
1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher:Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around […] .
1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:I could see nothing for the moment but these two furious, encrimsoned faces swaying together under the smoky lamp, and I shut my eyes to let them grow once more familiar with the darkness.