Word: metacinnabar
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: met
a
cin
na
bar
Definition: A isometric-hextetrahedral form of the mineral, cinnabar, containing mercury and sulfur and ranging from black to grayish white.
Morphemes:
Affix: meta-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Analogies and derivatives of metamorphism; change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances
Affix: cinnabar
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κιννάβαρι
Language: grc
Decoded: kinnabari
PoS: Noun
Meaning: vermilion