minium

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈmɪnɪəm/

Noun

minium (uncountable)

1. (now historical) Cinnabar, especially when used as a pigment; vermilion. [from 14th c.]
2. Red lead. [from 17th c.]
   • 2007, Nancy L. Canepa, translating Giambattista Basile, Tale of Tales, Penguin 2007, p. 29:

     [H]e was so overcome by suffering that his face, which had once been of oriental minium, now became like orpiment, and the hams of his lips turned into rancid lard.

Translations

• French: minium
• German: Minium
• Russian: су́рик
• Spanish: tetróxido de plomo

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