sinople
nounEtymology 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.
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Obsolete A shade of red; sinoper.
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Obsolete Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia.
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Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Mineralogy, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.
- In heraldry, sinople (the green of blazonry) also signified love, joy, abundance.1903, George Field, Ellis A. Davidson, A grammar of colouring, applied to decorative painting and the arts:
- Espinosa (Spain and Flanders) : Argent, a tree terrassé sinople, accosted by two wolves affrontés, sable […]1903, Isidore Singer, Cyrus Adler, The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, page 128:
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- This shield argent with three lions sinople (green) has remained the coat of arms of the House of Lannoy. The young knight built a home in the woods around the seigneurie of Lys.1984, Lucile Kathryn Delano, Charles De Lannoy, Victor of Pavia, →ISBN: