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Vinony

cinnabar

noun

  1. sulfide mineral
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪn.əˌbɑɹ/ / /ˈsɪn.əˌbɑː(ɹ)/

adj

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.

  1. Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

noun

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.

  1. A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
  2. A bright red colour tinted with orange.
  3. 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.”

  4. Synonym of dragon's blood (“type of resin”).