Recent Examples on the WebAs the visual introduction to the rest of the house, the cerise entrance gives an inkling of the rich colors beyond. Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 9 May 2022 McMillan laced herself up with Bowie-esque flair: all cerise eye-shadow, quiffed hair, and Gloss Bombed lips.Vogue, 18 Jan. 2022 But don't fret, quite a few colors are still available (for now), including vibrant orange flame, red cerise, and bright blue Marseille. Christina Butan, PEOPLE.com, 5 Oct. 2021 Across a gravel path from the greenhouse is the potting shed, where Bamford stops to show me the jewel of her collection, Attar of Roses, a variety with narrow, daisylike petals in a pale, icy pink and deep cerise-colored stamens.New York Times, 28 July 2021 Her current approach, which can be seen on the feeds of in-the-know Angelenos, is gluten-, nut-, and grain-free, to suit her dietary restrictions, and comes in striking shades of blush, rose, and cerise. Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2020 Queen Letizia wore an intricate tiara to the banquet and a formal cerise princess gown adorned with floral embroidery. Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Oct. 2019 The word cherry originates in the northern French dialect word cherise (a variant of the standard modern French cerise), which was adopted into English after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Simon Horobin, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2019 Eye-popping colors — cerise pink, bright medium blue, lavender blue, straw yellow and Venetian red — added a summer’s lift to simple silhouettes that let the pleats do the talking.Washington Post, 20 June 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
French, literally, cherry, from Late Latin ceresia — more at cherry