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orpiment
1. A bright yellow arsenic sulfide mineral used in dyeing or tanning.
2. Etymology: from Middle English, previously from Old French, and before from Latin auripigmentum, from aurum, "gold" + pigmentum, "pigment".
This entry is located in the following units: auri-, auro-, aur- (page 2) pict-, paint- (page 1)
(Greek > Latin: yellow orpiment [pigment of gold]; arsenic trisulfide, having a lemon-yellow color and a resinous luster; used as a pigment)