cinnabar
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Definition of cinnabar
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
- (countable, uncountable)A bright red colour tinted with orange.
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(countable)A species of erebid moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
“There are a few day-flying exceptions such as hummingbird hawk-moths, silver Ys, cinnabars, scarlet tigers and burnets but, in general, knowledge of moths lags behind that of butterflies.”
- (countable, uncountable)Synonym of dragon's blood (“type of resin”).
adj
- Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
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Etymology
First attested in the mid-15th century. From Middle English cynabare, from Old French cinabre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari), of unknown origin.
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