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cinnabar
(sin′ə bär′)
noun
- mercuric sulfide, HgS, a heavy, bright-red mineral, the principal ore of mercury
- artificial mercuric sulfide, used as a red pigment
- brilliant red; vermilion
Origin: ME cinabare < L cinnabaris < Gr kinnabari < ? Ar zinjafr < Pers šangarf, red lead, cinnabar
See cinnabar in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A heavy reddish mercuric sulfide, HgS, that is the principal ore of mercury.
- Red mercuric sulfide used as a pigment.
- See vermilion.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English cinabare
Origin: , from Latin cinnabaris
Origin: , from Greek kinnabari
.Related Forms:
- cinˌna·barˈine (-bärˈĭn, -īn, -bə-rīnˌ) adjective
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