sinopis, sinopia, sinoper
(noun) a red ocher formerly used as a pigment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sinopia (countable and uncountable, plural sinopias or sinopie)
A reddish-brown ochre-like pigment, derived from sinople, used in traditional oil painting and as the cartoon for frescos.
Synonym: sinoper
(arts) The rough sketch (executed in sinopia) which underlies a fresco.
• pisonia
Source: Wiktionary
Si*no"pi*a, Si*no"pis, n.
Definition: A red pigment made from sinopite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
