cinnabar

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cin=na=bar

CIDE DICTIONARY

cinnabar, n. [L. cinnabaris, Gr. ; prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinbār, Hind. shangarf.].

•  Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine.  [1913 Webster]
•  The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion.  [1913 Webster]

Cinnabar Græcorum (. [L. Graecorum, gen. pl., of the Greeks.] (Med.) Same as Dragon's blood. -- Green cinnabar, a green pigment consisting of the oxides of cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire. -- Hepatic cinnabar (Min.), an impure cinnabar of a liver-brown color and submetallic luster.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cinnabar, n.
1 a bright red mineral form of mercuric sulphide from which mercury is obtained.
2 vermilion.
3 a moth (Callimorpha jacobaeae) with reddish marked wings.

Etymology

ME f. L cinnabaris f. Gk kinnabari, of oriental orig.

ROGET THESAURUS

cinnabar

Redness

N redness, red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, lake, maroon, carnation, couleur de rose, rose du Barry, magenta, damask, purple, flesh color, flesh tint, color, fresh color, high color, warmth, gules, ruby, carbuncle, rose, rust, iron mold, cinnabar, cochineal, fuchsine, ruddle, madder, Indian red, light red, Venetian red, red ink, annotto, annatto, realgar, minium, red lead, redness, rubescence, rubicundity, rubification, erubescence, blush, red, reddish, rufous, ruddy, florid, incarnadine, sanguine, rosy, roseate, blowzy, blowed, burnt, rubicund, rubiform, lurid, stammell blood red, russet buff, murrey, carroty, sorrel, lateritious, rubineous, rubricate, rubricose, rufulous, rose-colored, ruby-colored, cherry-colored, claret-colored, flame- colored, flesh-colored, peach-colored, salmon-colored, brick-colored, brick-colored, dust-colored, blushing, erubescent, reddened, red as fire, red as blood, red as scarlet, red as a turkey cock, red as a lobster, warm, hot, foxy.