orpiment en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɔɹpəmənt/ (General-American)
- /ˈɔːpɪmənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English orpyment, from Old French orpiment, from Latin auripigmentum (“orpiment”), from aurum (“gold”) + pigmentum (“pigment”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Arsenic trisulphide, occurring naturally in crystals or massive deposits, formerly used as a dye or pigment.
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.
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| orpiments | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| auripigment | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
yellow orpiment · red orpiment
Relateds
Translations (31)
de Rauschgelb (arsenic trisulphide) · fa زرنیخ (arsenic trisulphide) · pt auripigmento (arsenic trisulphide) · fr orpiment (arsenic trisulphide) · hy զառիկ (arsenic trisulphide) · bg арсенов сулфид (arsenic trisulphide) · de gelbes Schwefelarsenik (arsenic trisulphide) · cmn 雌黃 /雌黄 (arsenic trisulphide) · ru аурипигме́нт (arsenic trisulphide) · ms retal (arsenic trisulphide) · la auripigmentum (arsenic trisulphide) · ja 雄黄 (arsenic trisulphide) · es oropimente (arsenic trisulphide) · pa ਹੜਤਾਲ਼ (arsenic trisulphide) · ms hartal (arsenic trisulphide) · enm auripigment (arsenic trisulphide) · ms artal (arsenic trisulphide) · pt ouro-pimenta (arsenic trisulphide) · ca orpiment (arsenic trisulphide) · fa اورپیمان (arsenic trisulphide) · de Opperment (arsenic trisulphide) · grc ἀρσενικόν (arsenic trisulphide) · enm orpyment (arsenic trisulphide) · de Auripigment (arsenic trisulphide) · pt ouro-pigmento (arsenic trisulphide) · hi गेरू (arsenic trisulphide) · it orpimento (arsenic trisulphide) · pl aurypigment (arsenic trisulphide) · fi auripigmentti (arsenic trisulphide) · ar رَهَج أَصْفَر (arsenic trisulphide) · de gelbe Arsenblende (arsenic trisulphide)