Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Cramoisy

 

Pronunciation: /KRAM-oi-zee, kruh-MOI-/

 

Definition: (adj, noun)

 

1) Of a crimson color.

2) Crimson cloth.

 

Etymology: From French cramoisi, from Spanish carmesi, from Arabic qirmizi (of kermes). Earliest documented use: 1423.

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Word of the Day: Puce

 

Pronunciation: /pyoos/

 

Definition: (noun, adj)

 

1) a dark red or brownish purple color.

2) of a dark or brownish purple.

 

Etymology: late 18th century: from French, literally ‘flea(-color),’ from Latin pulex, pulic- .

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Word of the Day: Smaragdine

Pronunciation: /smuh-rag-din/

Definition: (adj, noun)

 

1) emerald-green in color.

2) of or relating to emeralds.

3) Rare. smaragd.

 

Etymology: 1350-1400; Middle English: smaragd < Latin smaragdīnus < Greek smarágdinos, equivalent to smáragd (os) emerald + -inos -ine

Fun Fact of the Day

Fun Fact of the Day: If you open your eyes in a pitch-black room, the color you’ll see is called ‘eigengrau.’

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Word of the day: Subfuscous

 

Definition: (adj)

 

1) slightly dark, dusky, or somber

Fun Fact of the Day

Fun Fact of the Day: Chromophobia, also known as chromatophobia is a persistent, irrational fear of colors. A severe form of this phobia can hinder daily activities and can make life self-limiting. People with chromophobia may correlate a distressing past event with a color.

Fun Fact of the Day

Fun Fact of the Day: Red-green color blindness is a recessive sex linked trait, which causes more men to be colorblind than women.