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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Same as sinopis.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A reddish-brown ochre-like pigment, derived from sinople, used in traditional oil painting and as the cartoon for frescos.
  2. n. The rough sketch (executed in sinopia) which underlies a fresco.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A red pigment made from sinopite.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a red ocher formerly used as a pigment

Etymologies

  1. From Italian sinopia. Compare sinoper. (Wiktionary)

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  1. sinopis

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  1. ochre
  1. ocher

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  • qroqqa a conch-shell or a goat's horn cornucopia
    might spill the face of wonder on the sand,
    painstaking painting, miraculous sinopia.
    —Peter Porter, 'Too Many Miracles', in Dragons in their Pleasant Palaces Mar 28, 2009

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