cinnabaric
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Relating to, or resembling, cinnabar.
Example Sentences
- "The cinnabaric rock in this mine was mostly composed of upper lias jaspers (phthanites), siliceous rock par excellence."
- "Under the intensely white mural of the church, crowned by a cinnabaric cornice, and enlivened by the color-spot of the medallion, are congregated figures of darkly painted monks from whom are reflected the cinnabaric and the bright-green colors of the angelic figures."
Etymology
From cinnabar + -ic.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more cinnabaric (comparative)
most cinnabaric (superlative)
Phrases
cinnabaric acid