sinople

Meaning

Noun

• A shade of red; sinoper.
• Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia.
• ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.
• Vert.

Origin

• From Old French sinople, from Latin Sinōpis, from Ancient Greek Σινωπίς ("of Sinope").