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orpiment

/ˈɔːpəmənt/AWR-puh-muhnt
/ˈɔɹpəmənt/AWR-puh-muhnt

Meaningorpiment

Common meaning: yellow arsenic mineral once used as a pigment

Journey through time

  1. Latinauripigmentum‘orpiment’source
  2. Frenchorpiment‘orpiment’source
  3. Englishorpiment‘yellow arsenic mineral once used as a pigment’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin auripigmentum ‘orpiment’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry ORPIMENT, p. 407 · dictionary scan

Roots

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