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noun
A shade of red; sinoper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Vert (green).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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History
From Old French sinople, from Latin Sinōpis, from Ancient Greek Σινωπίς (Sinōpís, “of Sinope”), a town that exported a red ocher. The unexpected change to meaning "green" in heraldry occurred in French texts around 1350 for unclear reasons.
