vermillion

vermillion

See also: Vermillion

English

Noun

vermillion (countable and uncountable, plural vermillions)

1. Alternative spelling of vermilion

Adjective

vermillion (comparative more vermillion, superlative most vermillion)

1. Alternative spelling of vermilion

Verb

vermillion (third-person singular simple present vermillions, present participle vermillioning, simple past and past participle vermillioned or vermillion'd)

1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of vermilion

Usage notes

• Some authorities^[who?] 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.[1][2][3]
• The Oxford English Dictionary online includes 23 citations of the noun or adjective with this spelling, ranging in date from 1597 to 1865,[4] as well as nine citations of the verb from 1656 to 1849.[5]
• 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

• Vermillion County

References

1. “vermillion”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
2. “vermillion”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
3. “vermilion (also vermillion)”, in Oxford Dictionaries‎, Oxford University Press, accessed 2018-11-26
4. “vermilion, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
5. “vermilion, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

• vermillion at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Morinville