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auripigment

auripigment is the variant of orpiment.

Meaning of orpiment

Noun

orpiment (countable and uncountable, plural orpiments)

  1. 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 of auripigment

pluralauripigments

Questions about auripigment

What is auripigment the variant of?
Auripigment is the variant of orpiment.

Words near auripigment in the dictionary

  1. aurine
  2. aurintricarboxylate
  3. aurintricarboxylates
  4. aurintricarboxylic acid
  5. auriphrygiate
  6. auripigment
  7. auripigments
  8. auriporcine
  9. auris externa
  10. auris interna
  11. auris media

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