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Cinnabar mineral (1)

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.

   cinnabar colour:

3. (countable) A species of moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
   • 2015, Norman Maclean, A Less Green and Pleasant Land, p. 223:

     There are a few day-flying exceptions such as hummingbird hawk-moths, silver Ys, cinnabars, scarlet tigers and burnets but, in general, knowledge of moths lags behind that of butterflies.

4. Short for "Cinnabar Panacea"; another name for the Elixir of Life.

Synonyms

• (moth): cinnabar moth

Translations

Adjective

cinnabar ‎(comparative more cinnabar, superlative most cinnabar)

1. Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

Derived terms

• cinnabar moth
• hypercinnabar
• metacinnabar

Translations

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:cinnabar.

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}
• mercury