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Dictionary: ver·meil   (vûr'məl, -māl') pronunciation

n.
  1. Vermilion or a similar bright red color.
  2. (vĕr-mā') Gilded silver, bronze, or copper.
adj.
Bright red in color.

[Middle English vermail, from Old French vermeil, from Late Latin vermiculus, a kind of red worm, from Latin, grub, diminutive of vermis, worm.]


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