{"def":{"short":"crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it","long":["scarlet, crimson",["properly, the insect 'coccus ilicis', the dried body of the female yielding coloring matter from which is made the dye used for cloth to color it scarlet or crimson"]]},"deriv":"of uncertain derivation","pronun":{"ipa":"ʃɔːˈn̪ɪi̯","ipa_mod":"ʃɑːˈniː","sbl":"šānî","dic":"shaw-NEE","dic_mod":"sha-NEE"}}