orpyment
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French orpiment, from Latin auripigmentum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
orpyment (uncountable)
- orpiment (as used in alchemy and medicine)
Descendants[edit]
- English: orpiment
References[edit]
- “orpiment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.