orpiment

English

Orpiment

Alternative forms

auripigment

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin auripigmentum (“orpiment”), from aurum (“gold”) + pigmentum (“pigment”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔːpɪmənt/

Noun

orpiment (countable and uncountable, plural orpiments)

arsenic trisulphide, occurring naturally in crystals or massive deposits, formerly used as a dye or pigment

Derived terms

red orpiment
yellow orpiment

Translations

arsenic trisulphide

Chinese:
Mandarin: 雌黃 (zh), 雌黄 (zh) (cíhuáng)
German: Auripigment (de) n

Latin: auripigmentum n
Russian: аурипигме́нт (ru) m (auripigmént)
Spanish: oropimente m

Further reading

“Orpiment” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
orpiment mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016

Anagrams

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