vermeil

[ vur-mil, -meyl or especially for 2, ver-mey ]

/ ˈvɜr mɪl, -meɪl or especially for 2, vərˈmeɪ /

vermilion red.

metal, as silver or bronze, that has been gilded.

of the color vermilion.

Origin of vermeil

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin vermiculus kermes (insect and dye), Latin: larva, grub; see vermicule

Mrs. Phox ensorcelled George with her beautiful, silly phace, shadowed with vermeil tinct and trimly pencilled.

Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 107, October 27th, 1894 |Various
Where were the vermeil blooms, the liquid, expressive eyes, the harmonious limbs of Animula?

The Diamond Lens |Fitz-James O'brien
Fauve is always used of what is dark and gloomy, just as vermeil is always applied to what is bright and pleasant.

La Lgende des Sicles |Victor Hugo
She was richly dressed in a kirtle of vermeil silk, broidered with gold, and her mantle was worth the spoil of a king's castle.

French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France |Marie de France

The servant interrupted the charitable reflections of Des Esseintes, who received the slice of bread on a plate of vermeil.

Against The Grain |Joris-Karl Huysmans

vermeil

/ (ˈvɜːmeɪl) /

gilded silver, bronze, or other metal, used esp in the 19th century

C15: from Old French, from Late Latin vermiculus insect (of the genus Kermes) or the red dye prepared from it, from Latin: little worm