Read full poem →[238] "Carmine dissiliunt, _abruptis faucibus_, angues." ("Fauces" means
both "jaw" and "mountain-gorge." Marlowe has gone desperately wrong.)
Dictionary Entry
A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. carminered carminesolution carminestreet carminecarmine delcarmine indigo
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Poetry examples for “carmine”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Porrigitur magni NIHIL extra moenia mundi.
Diique NIHIL metuunt. Quid longo carmine plura
Commemorem? Virtute NIHIL praestantius ipsa,
Read full poem →A lantern voice--
In little songs of carmine, violet, green, gold.
A chorus of colors came over the water;