Etymology: (1375–1425; < ML cremesīnus&indirdesc; Ar qirmizī (qirmizkermes+-ī suffix of appurtenance) + L -īnus -ine1)
Definition of 'crimson'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj)crimson, ruby, deep red a deep and vivid red color
2. (adj)red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet of a color at the end of the colorspectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
3. (adj)crimson, red, violent characterized by violence or bloodshed "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode
4. (verb)crimson, red, reddened, red-faced, flushed (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"
5. (verb)blush, crimson, flush, redden turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
Definition of 'crimson'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)crimson of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red
Definitions of crimson 
Afrikaans: karmosyn, karmynrooi
Arabic: قِرْمِزي
Bulgarian: тъмночервен
Brazilian: carmesim
Czech: rudý, červený
German: hochrot
Danish: knaldrød; blodrød
Greek: κατακόκκινος
Spanish: carmesí; rojo como un tom
Estonian: karmiinpunane
Farsi: زرشکی
Finnish: karmiininpunainen
French: cramoisi
Hebrew: אַרגָמָן
Hindi: तेज लाल रंग का
Croatian: grimizan
Hungarian: karmazsin(vörös)
Indonesian: merah
Icelandic: skarlat; djúprauður
Italian: (color) cremisi
Japanese: 深紅の
Korean: 크림슨 색
Lithuanian: tamsiai raudona (spalva)
Latvian: tumšsarkana krāsa; tumšsa
Malay: memerahkan
Dutch: vuurrod
Norwegian: høyrød, karmosinrød, blod
Polish: purpura, purpurowy
Persian: زرشکی
Pashto: زرشکی
Portuguese: carmesim
Romanian: roşu aprins, stacojiu
Russian: густой румянец
Slovak: karmín; karmínový
Slovenian: karmezin; temnordeč
Serbian: pocrveneti
Swedish: högröd, blodröd
Thai: สีแดงเข้ม
Turkish: koyu kırmızı
Taiwanese: 深紅色，深紅色的
Ukrainian: темно-червоний
Urdu: قرمزى رنگ
Vietnamese: đỏ thắm
Chinese: 深红色，深红色的
