cinnabar
nounEtymology
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.
- derived from κιννάβαρι
- derived from cinnabaris
- derived from cinabre
- inherited from cynabare
Definitions
A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS
A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
A bright red colour tinted with orange.
A species of erebid moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black…
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.
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Synonym of dragon's blood (“type of resin”).
Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
The neighborhood
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No curated loop yet for cinnabar. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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