cinnabaric
adjEtymology From cinnabar + -ic.
1
Relating to, or resembling, cinnabar.
- The cinnabaric rock in this mine was mostly composed of upper lias jaspers (phthanites), siliceous rock par excellence.1954, Meeting of Experts on the Prevention and Suppression of Dust in Mining, Tunnelling and Quarrying, Geneva, December 1952: Record of Proceedings, volume 2:
- 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.1957, Josef Myslivec, The Icon, page 33:
- Derived terms
- cinnabaric acid