Cinnabar Definition

sĭnə-bär
noun
Mercuric sulfide, HgS, a heavy, bright-red mineral, the principal ore of mercury.
Webster's New World
Artificial mercuric sulfide, used as a red pigment.
Webster's New World
Brilliant red; vermilion.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
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Other Word Forms of Cinnabar

Noun

Singular:
cinnabar
Plural:
cinnabars

Origin of Cinnabar

  • Middle English cinabare from Latin cinnabaris from Greek kinnabari

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French cinabre.

    From Wiktionary

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