Associations to the word «Cinnabar»

Wiktionary

CINNABAR, noun. A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
CINNABAR, noun. A bright red colour tinted with orange.
CINNABAR, adjective. Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
CINNABAR MOTH, noun. Tyria jacobaeae, a Eurasian moth

Dictionary definition

CINNABAR, noun. A heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury.
CINNABAR, noun. Large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort.
CINNABAR, adjective. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats