coquelicot means having a reddish-orange poppy colour. It carries an Arena rating of 1552, earned across 11 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, coquelicot ranks #325 of 17,128 for Most Whimsical Words, #1,880 of 17,120 for Most Beautiful Words, #2,976 of 17,114 for Most Satisfying to Say, #3,368 of 17,115 for Most Vivid Words.
coquelicot is pronounced /ˈkɑkləˌkoʊ/.
Why “coquelicot” is a great word
A bright reddish-orange color resembling the common poppy, or the poppy itself. From French *coquelicot* ('common poppy', 'poppy red'), from Old French *coquerico*, the onomatopoeic crow of a rooster, drawn from the flower's resemblance in color and crest-like form to a rooster's comb; it first bloomed into English in the late eighteenth century. Unlike 'vermilion,' with its mineral brilliance from ground cinnabar, or 'scarlet,' weighted by heraldry and uniform cloth, *coquelicot* is a hue of the untamed field. It is the shock of color splashed across a sun-washed meadow, the delicate, tissue-paper crumple of a single bloom, the fleeting blaze of a sunset caught in a petal's fold—a vivid reminder that the most intense beauty is often the most ephemeral.
adj
- Having a reddish-orange poppy colour.
noun
- A reddish-orange colour; poppy.e.g.“It appeared baleful, fiery and red; it wore coquelicot like a crown of thorns, and cast a humid heat entirely unlike the fierce intensity of the desert sun.”
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