vermillion (countable anduncountable,pluralvermillions)
- Alternative spelling ofvermilion
vermillion (comparativemorevermillion,superlativemostvermillion)
- Alternative spelling ofvermilion
vermillion (third-person singular simple presentvermillions,present participlevermillioning,simple past and past participlevermillionedorvermillion'd)
- (archaic)Alternative spelling ofvermilion
- 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]
- TheOxford 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 ofvermilion/vermillion in the US (COCA) is in this spelling. In modern British usage, this spelling is rare (only 2 publications in theBNC, out of thousands).
- Only the one-L spelling appears in Webster's 1828, 1841 and 1913 dictionaries.
- ^“vermillion”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^“vermillion”, inThe American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,2016,→ISBN.
- ^“vermilion (also vermillion)”, inOxford Dictionaries[1], Oxford University Press, 2018 November 26 (last accessed), sourced from (US English module).
- ^“vermilion,n.and adj.”, inOED Online
, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - ^“vermilion,v.”, inOED Online, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.