vermillion
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See also: Vermillion
English
Noun
vermillion (countable and uncountable, plural vermillions)
- Alternative spelling of vermilion
Adjective
vermillion (comparative more vermillion, superlative most vermillion)
- Alternative spelling of vermilion
Verb
vermillion (third-person singular simple present vermillions, present participle vermillioning, simple past and past participle vermillioned or vermillion'd)
Usage notes
- Some authorities view this as a misspelling; others consider it a valid but perhaps dated alternative.
- It is entered as a second-listed spelling without prejudice or usage note in major dictionaries.
- The Oxford English Dictionary online includes 23 citations of the noun or adjective with this spelling, ranging in date from 1597 to 1865, as well as nine citations of the verb from 1656 to 1849.
- About 30% of the usage of vermilion/vermillion in the US (COCA) is in this spelling. In modern British usage, this spelling is rare (only 2 publications in the BNC, out of thousands).
- Only the one-L spelling appears in Webster's 1828, 1841 and 1913 dictionaries.
Derived terms
References
- ^ “vermillion”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “vermillion”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ “vermilion (also vermillion)”, in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press, 2018 November 26 (last accessed), sourced from (US English module).
- ^ “vermilion, n. and adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “vermilion, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading
- “vermillion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.