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or·pi·ment  (ôrp-mnt)
n.
Arsenic trisulfide, As2S3, a yellow mineral used as a pigment.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin auripigmentum : aurum, gold + pigmentum, pigment; see pigment.]
orpiment [ˈɔːpɪmənt]
n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a yellow mineral consisting of arsenic trisulphide in monoclinic crystalline form occurring in association with realgar: it is an ore of arsenic. Formula: As2S3
[via Old French from Latin auripigmentum gold pigment]
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Noun1.orpiment - a yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenic
As, atomic number 33, arsenic - a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition


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Now I remember comrades - Old playmates on new seas - Whenas we traded orpiment Among the savages.
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It was circular in form, carpeted with mats of shining straw, ceiled with beams, enriched with fleurs-de-lis of gilded metal with interjoists in color; wainscoated with rich woods sown with rosettes of white metal, and with others painted a fine, bright green, made of orpiment and fine indigo.
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