See Also: impersonation(dictionary)

cramoisy (iou) and impersonation (iou)


cramoisy (iou)



cramoisy adjective & noun. arch. LME.
[Early Italian cremesi and Old French crameisi (mod. cramoisi) ult. from Arab. &kdbelow;irmizi, from &kdbelow;irmiz KERMES: cf. CRIMSON.]
Crimson (cloth).

impersonation (iou)



impersonation noun. E19.
[from IMPERSONATE verb: see -ATION.]
The action of impersonating someone; the fact of being impersonated; personification. E19.
R. Travers Had McHattie spoken to..'Lee Weller'..Frank Butler would have been arrested..for impersonation.
b. An instance of this; a person or thing representing a principle, idea, etc. M19.
C. Merivale He proclaimed himself..the supreme impersonation of the laws.
The dramatic or comic representation of a character; an instance of this. E19.
W. H. Auden Started to joke about their time at St Edmund's and..do impersonations of the staff.