Topic: COLOURS
| Date: | 1700-1800 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | carmin, from Medieval Latin carminium, from Arabic qirmiz insect from which red color is obtained + Latin minium ( MINIATURE2) |
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car‧mine
[uncountable] literary
[uncountable] literaryCC a dark red colour
—carmine adjective
