a. Obs. rare1. [f. as prec. + -OUS.] Of or pertaining to cinnabar.
1658. J. Rowland, Moufets Theat. Ins., 1127. Those places are of a Cinnaberous quality, whence he conceives, that from the vapours rising from Cinnaber, the snow becomes red.
a. Obs. rare1. [f. as prec. + -OUS.] Of or pertaining to cinnabar.
1658. J. Rowland, Moufets Theat. Ins., 1127. Those places are of a Cinnaberous quality, whence he conceives, that from the vapours rising from Cinnaber, the snow becomes red.