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sinopie

sinopie 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 sinopie

What is sinopie the plural of?
Sinopie is the plural of sinopia.

Words near sinopie in the dictionary

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

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