sinopite

English

Etymology

From French [Term?], from Latin sinopis (terra) (“a red earth or ocher found in Sinope”), from Sinope (“a town in Paphlagoma, on the Black Sea”).

Noun

sinopite (usually uncountable, plural sinopites)

(mineralogy, archaic) sinopia (clay)

References

“sinopite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

pointies

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