alkermes

English

Etymology

From Middle French alkermès, probably from Spanish alquermes, from Arabic الْقِرْمِز (al-qirmiz), from Classical Persian کرمست (kirmist), from Middle Persian, from Sanskrit [Term?].

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /alˈkəːmɪz/

Noun

alkermes (uncountable)

  1. The desiccated bodies of certain insects (female Kermes ilicis and Kermes vermilio), which live on the kermes oak, formerly much used as a material for dye and a medicinal ingredient; also a given mixture, preparation etc. containing such insects.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 5, member 1, subsection v:
      But alkermes many except against: in some cases it may help, if it be good […]
  2. A red Italian alcoholic liqueur.

Translations

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْقِرْمِز (al-qirmiz).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alˈkɛr.mɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrmɛs
  • Syllabification: al‧ker‧mes

Noun

alkermes m inan

  1. Alternative form of alkiermes

Declension
Declension of alkermes
singular plural
nominative alkermes alkermesy
genitive alkermesu alkermesów
dative alkermesowi alkermesom
accusative alkermes alkermesy
instrumental alkermesem alkermesami
locative alkermesie alkermesach
vocative alkermesie alkermesy

Further reading
  • alkermes in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • alkermes in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
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