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Meaning of orpiment in English
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/ˈɔrpəmənt/
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Noun
orpiment
Etymology
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin auripigmentum, from aurum‘gold’ + pigmentum‘pigment’
Definitions
1.
a yellow mineral occuring in conjunction with realgar
Examples
« an ore of arsenic »