Noun: sinopia
| Singular | sinopia |
| Plural | sinopias; sinopie |
Sample Sentences
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Today many of the sinopias have been uncovered by a method called stacco. [1985, Joseph Reese Strayer, Dictionary of the Middle Ages:]
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In the course of lifting the frescoes from the walls the restorers discovered Simone's full-scale working drawings (in red chalk made from iron oxide and known as sinopie) which lay directly beneath the painted plaster [...]. [2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge, published 2008, page 89:]
Nouns inflected like sinopia
samosa,
pergola,
influenza,
mozzarella,
pastina,
autostrada,
bravura,
buccina,
zingara,
sinopia,
pizzetta,
pizzeria,
signorina,
gondola,
kamenitza,
dupatta,
acciaccatura,
zadruga,
predella,
semicroma, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Italian sinopia. Compare sinoper. See: Italian Nouns '
sinopia'.