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Definition cinnabar

Etymology

From Middle English cynabare [mid-15 c.], from Old French cinabre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek ????????? (kinnábari), from perhaps Arabic ?????????‎ (zinjafr), related to Persian ??????‎ (šangarf) from Old Persian ??????? (s-i-k-b-ru-u-š /sikabruš/, “carnelian”) , of unknown origin.

Noun

cinnabar (countable and uncountable, plural cinnabars)

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. (countable) A species of moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
4. "Cinnabar Panacea"; the Elixir of Life.

Adjective

cinnabar (comparative more cinnabar, superlative most cinnabar)

1. Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

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