Definitions For Sinople

Noun

SINOPLE. (countable and uncountable, plural SINOPLEs) (obsolete) A shade of red; sinoper. (obsolete) sinoper, sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia. (mineral) ferruginous, ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia. (obsolete, tincture) vert, vert (green).

Alternative forms

cinople, sinoper, sinopre, sinoper, synopre; synopar, synopeir, synapour, sinaper, synaper

Etymology

From "of sinope", a town that exported a red ocher. The unexpected change to meaning "green" in heraldry occurred in French texts around 1350 for unclear reasons.

Anagrams

epsilon, pile ons, pile-ons, piles on, pilones, pinoles

Is Sinople a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global NO
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
12

The word Sinople is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

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