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sinopias

sinopias is the plural of sinopia.

Meaning of sinopia

Noun

sinopia (countable and uncountable, plural sinopias or sinopie)

  1. A reddish-brown ochre-like pigment, derived from sinople, used in traditional oil painting and as the cartoon for frescos.
    Synonyms:
    sinoper
  2. The rough sketch (executed in sinopia) which underlies a fresco.
    • Today many of the sinopias have been uncovered by a method called stacco.1985, Joseph Reese Strayer, Dictionary of the Middle Ages

Questions about sinopias

What is sinopias the plural of?
Sinopias is the plural of sinopia.

Words near sinopias in the dictionary

  1. Sinophobic
  2. sinophone
  3. sinophones
  4. Sinophonic
  5. sinopia
  6. sinopias
  7. sinopie
  8. sinopis
  9. sinopite
  10. sinopites
  11. sinople

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