Definitions for orpiment

orpiment or·pi·ment

Spelling: [awr-puh-muh nt]
IPA: /ˈɔr pə mənt/

Orpiment is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 404 anagrams from letters in orpiment (eimnoprt).

Definitions for orpiment

noun

  1. a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.

Origin of orpiment

1350-1400; Middle English Old French Latin auripigmentum pigment of gold; see auri-1, pigment

Examples for orpiment

It is now superseded as a pigment by chrome yellow and orpiment, which are not only more beautiful, but cheaper preparations.

With sulphides or pigments containing sulphur, orpiment may be used with less danger.

He made some twice with iron, and three times with orpiment.

For example, it seems to have been used as a medium for vermilion and orpiment.

Both realgar and orpiment were important for pigments, medicinal purposes, and poisons among the Ancients.

Treacle, honey, or moist sugar, mixed with about 1⁄12th their weight of Kings yellow or orpiment.

We have occasionally found Mars yellow mixed with orpiment, or chromate of lead, for the purpose of brightening the colour.

orpiment, which is termed ἁρσενικὁν in Greek, is dug up in Pontus.

Massicot and orpiment, he considers as those which have been the least permanent amongst all the mineral colours.

To the unctuous juices belong these species: sulphur, bitumen, realgar and orpiment.

Word Value for orpiment
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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