Definition of orpiment in English:

orpiment

noun ˈɔːpɪm(ə)ntˈɔrpəmənt

mass noun

A bright yellow mineral consisting of arsenic trisulphide, formerly used as a dye and artist's pigment.
雌黄
Example sentencesExamples
- But, among what Ms. Moore lists as ‘poisonous’ pigments are camotite and orpiment that give bright yellow and cinnabar and realgar that give red.
- Jet is black and shiny when polished, and was sometimes inlaid with tin, calcium carbonate or orpiment, a yellow mineral imported from France and Germany.
- Commonly associated minerals include orpiment, stibnite, a variety of sulfides and sulfosalts, calcite, and barite.
- Even the arsenic mine at Shimen, Hunan Province, is still the source of minor amounts of good realgar, orpiment, and calcite.
- Of these, lead white, red ochre, red lake, orpiment and Prussian blue do not appear in the 1892 list; but all these pigments have been found elsewhere in Watts's oeuvre.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin auripigmentum, from aurum 'gold' + pigmentum 'pigment'.

Definition of orpiment in US English:

orpiment

nounˈɔrpəməntˈôrpəmənt

A bright yellow mineral consisting of arsenic trisulfide, formerly used as a dye and artist's pigment.
雌黄
Example sentencesExamples
- Even the arsenic mine at Shimen, Hunan Province, is still the source of minor amounts of good realgar, orpiment, and calcite.
- Of these, lead white, red ochre, red lake, orpiment and Prussian blue do not appear in the 1892 list; but all these pigments have been found elsewhere in Watts's oeuvre.
- Jet is black and shiny when polished, and was sometimes inlaid with tin, calcium carbonate or orpiment, a yellow mineral imported from France and Germany.
- Commonly associated minerals include orpiment, stibnite, a variety of sulfides and sulfosalts, calcite, and barite.
- But, among what Ms. Moore lists as ‘poisonous’ pigments are camotite and orpiment that give bright yellow and cinnabar and realgar that give red.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin auripigmentum, from aurum ‘gold’ + pigmentum ‘pigment’.

词汇	orpiment
释义	Definition of orpiment in English: orpiment noun ˈɔːpɪm(ə)ntˈɔrpəmənt mass noun A bright yellow mineral consisting of arsenic trisulphide, formerly used as a dye and artist's pigment. 雌黄 Example sentencesExamples But, among what Ms. Moore lists as ‘poisonous’ pigments are camotite and orpiment that give bright yellow and cinnabar and realgar that give red. Jet is black and shiny when polished, and was sometimes inlaid with tin, calcium carbonate or orpiment, a yellow mineral imported from France and Germany. Commonly associated minerals include orpiment, stibnite, a variety of sulfides and sulfosalts, calcite, and barite. Even the arsenic mine at Shimen, Hunan Province, is still the source of minor amounts of good realgar, orpiment, and calcite. Of these, lead white, red ochre, red lake, orpiment and Prussian blue do not appear in the 1892 list; but all these pigments have been found elsewhere in Watts's oeuvre. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin auripigmentum, from aurum 'gold' + pigmentum 'pigment'. Definition of orpiment in US English: orpiment nounˈɔrpəməntˈôrpəmənt A bright yellow mineral consisting of arsenic trisulfide, formerly used as a dye and artist's pigment. 雌黄 Example sentencesExamples Even the arsenic mine at Shimen, Hunan Province, is still the source of minor amounts of good realgar, orpiment, and calcite. Of these, lead white, red ochre, red lake, orpiment and Prussian blue do not appear in the 1892 list; but all these pigments have been found elsewhere in Watts's oeuvre. Jet is black and shiny when polished, and was sometimes inlaid with tin, calcium carbonate or orpiment, a yellow mineral imported from France and Germany. Commonly associated minerals include orpiment, stibnite, a variety of sulfides and sulfosalts, calcite, and barite. But, among what Ms. Moore lists as ‘poisonous’ pigments are camotite and orpiment that give bright yellow and cinnabar and realgar that give red. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin auripigmentum, from aurum ‘gold’ + pigmentum ‘pigment’.
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