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• auripigment

語源

From 中期英語 orpyment, from Old French orpiment, from Latin auripigmentum (“orpiment”), from aurum (“gold”) + pigmentum (“pigment”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɔːpɪmənt/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɔɹpəmənt/

名詞

orpiment (countable and uncountable, plural orpiments)

1. Arsenic trisulphide, occurring naturally in crystals or massive deposits, formerly used as a dye or pigment.
   • 1997, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 24, in Mason & Dixon, 1st US edition, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, part One: Latitudes and Departures, page 242:

     Jeremiah found himself indoors, perfecting his Draftsmanship, bending all day over the work-table, grinding and mixing his own Inks,— siftings and splashes ev'rywhere of King's Yellow, Azure, red Orpiment, Indian lake, Verdigris, Indigo, and Umber.

派生語

• red orpiment
• yellow orpiment

参考

• realgar
• cinnabar

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Orpiment”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “orpiment”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.

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