encrimsoned

English

Etymology

From encrimson +‎ -ed.

Verb

encrimsoned

  1. simple past tense and past participle of encrimson

Adjective

encrimsoned (comparative more encrimsoned, superlative most encrimsoned)

  1. Dyed crimson; reddened.
    • 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’:
      Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around […] .
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