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orpiment
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English
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Etymology
From Middle English orpyment, from Old French orpiment, from Latin auripigmentum (“orpiment”), from aurum (“gold”) + pigmentum (“pigment”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːpɪmənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹpəmənt/
Noun
orpiment (countable and uncountable, plural orpiments)
- Arsenic trisulphide, occurring naturally in crystals or massive deposits, formerly used as a dye or pigment.
- 1997, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 24, in Mason & Dixon, 1st US edition, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, part One: Latitudes and Departures, page 242:
- Jeremiah found himself indoors, perfecting his Draftsmanship, bending all day over the work-table, grinding and mixing his own Inks,— siftings and splashes ev'rywhere of King's Yellow, Azure, red Orpiment, Indian lake, Verdigris, Indigo, and Umber.
Derived terms
Translations
arsenic trisulphide
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See also
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2025), “Orpiment”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “orpiment”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
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French
Pronunciation
Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)): (file)
Noun
orpiment m (plural orpiments)
Further reading
- “orpiment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
orpiment
- alternative form of orpyment
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
orpiment n (uncountable)
Declension
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