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cinnabar

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Noun — A dark red mineral made of mercury sulfide, mined as the main source of mercury and used to make a red pigment.

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Etymology

First recorded in the mid-15th century, it came from Middle English cynabare, from Old French cinabre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari), itself of unknown origin.

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