cramoisy


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cramoisy

(ˈkræmɔɪzɪ; -əzɪ) or

cramoisie

adj
(Colours) of a crimson colour
n
(Textiles) crimson cloth
[C15: from Old French cramoisi, from Arabic qirmizī red obtained from kermes; see crimson, kermes]
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Sabastien Et Cramoisy, who was writing about the Onondaga Iroquois noted that the women had great authority among their people.
Bouton, Relation de restablissement des francois depuis l'an 1635 en l'Isle de Martinique, l'une des antilles de l'Ametique (Paris: Cramoisy, 1640); P.
Greer worked directly with Chauchetiere's manuscript; I use the 1887 Cramoisy edition, which is based on it.
(37) Mere de Saint-Bonaventure to Sebastien Cramoisy, 29 Septembre 1650, in JR 36: 58-60.