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Sinoper vs Sinople - What's the difference?

sinoper | sinople |

As nouns the difference between sinoper and sinople

is that sinoper is (mineralogy|obsolete) sinople while sinople is (obsolete) a shade of red; sinoper.

sinoper

English

Noun

  • (mineralogy, obsolete) sinople
    • (Webster 1913)

    sinople

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sinoper, zinopre, synopre, synopar, zenober, synopeir, synapour, synamer, synaper

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A shade of red; sinoper.
  • (obsolete) Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia.
  • (mineralogy) ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.
  • (obsolete, tincture) Vert.
  • * 1903 , George Field, Ellis A. Davidson, A grammar of colouring, applied to decorative painting and the arts
    • In heraldry, sinople (the green of blazonry) also signified love, joy, abundance.
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