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cinnabarine

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cin⋅na⋅bar

  [sin-uh-bahr]
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–noun
1. a mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS, occurring in red crystals or masses: the principal ore of mercury.
2. red mercuric sulfide, used as a pigment.
3. bright red; vermillion.
Origin:
1350–1400; < L cinnabaris < Gk kinnábari < ?; r. ME cynoper < ML, L as above

Related forms:
cin⋅na⋅bar⋅ine  [sin-uh-buh-reen, -ber-in, -bahr-ahyn, -een] , cin⋅na⋅bar⋅ic  [sin-uh-bar-ik] , adjective
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cin·na·bar   (sĭn'ə-bär')   
n.  

  1. A heavy reddish mercuric sulfide, HgS, that is the principal ore of mercury.

  2. Red mercuric sulfide used as a pigment.

  3. See vermilion.


[Middle English cinabare, from Latin cinnabaris, from Greek kinnabari.]
cin'na·bar'ine (-bär'ĭn, -īn, -bə-rīn') adj.
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Word Origin & History

cinnabar 
1382, "red or crystalline form of mercuric sulphide," also applied to other ores of mercury, originally with reference to its use as a pigment; from O.Fr. cinabre, L. cinnabaris, from Gk. kinnabari, of oriental origin (cf. Pers. zanjifrah in the same sense). Also used 14c.-17c. of red resinous juice of a certain Eastern tree, which was believed to be a mixture of dragon's and elephant's blood.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cin·na·bar
Pronunciation: 'sin-&-"bär
Function: noun
1 : native red sulfide of mercury HgS that is the onlyimportant ore of mercury
2 : artificial red sulfide of mercury used especially as a pigment
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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