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orpiment

UK/ˈɔːpɪmənt/US/ˈɔɹpəmənt/

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

orpiment: arsenic trisulphide, occurring naturally in crystals or massive deposits, formerly used as a dye or...
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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

orpiment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Punjabi

orpiment in Hindi

arsenic trisulphide
गेरू gerū

orpiment in Tamil

அரிதாரம், ஒப்பிமெந்து, அலங்கிதன்

orpiment in Urdu

ہڑدال کچ دھات

orpiment in Punjabi

arsenic trisulphide
ਹੜਤਾਲ਼ haṛtāḷ
More languagesFewer languages
orpiment in Sanskrit
ताल tāla, तालक tālaka, गौर gaurá, पुलक pulaka
orpiment in Arabic
رَهَج أَصْفَر rahaj ʔaṣfar
orpiment in Malay
artal, hartal, retal
orpiment in Persian
زرنیخ zarnix, اورپیمان orpimân

Forms of orpiment

pluralorpiments
alternative formauripigment

Origin of orpiment

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

Words formed from orpiment

Questions about orpiment

What does orpiment mean?
Orpiment means arsenic trisulphide, occurring naturally in crystals or massive deposits, formerly used as a dye or pigment.
What is orpiment in Hindi?
Orpiment in Hindi is गेरू (gerū). See Orpiment meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is orpiment?
Orpiment is a noun.
How do you pronounce orpiment?
Orpiment is pronounced /ˈɔːpɪmənt/ (UK).
What is the plural of orpiment?
The plural of orpiment is orpiments.

Words near orpiment in the dictionary

  1. orphrays
  2. orphrey
  3. orphreys
  4. orphéon
  5. orphéons
  6. orpiment
  7. orpiments
  8. orpin
  9. orpine
  10. orpines
  11. orping

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orpiment (page history and authors); orpiment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); orpiment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); गौर (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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