SINOPITE

Etymology

Noun

sinopite (usually uncountable, plural sinopites)

(mineral) A brick-red ferruginous clay used as red paint in ancient times.

Anagrams

• pointies

Source: Wiktionary


Sin"o*pite, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. sinopis (sc. terra), a red earth or ocher found in Sinope, a town in Paphlagoma, on the Black Sea, Gr. (Min.)

Definition: A brickred ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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