orpiment
Plural: orpiments
Noun
- A yellow-orange mineral, historically used as a pigment.
- a yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenic
- Arsenic trisulphide, occurring naturally in crystals or massive deposits, formerly used as a dye or pigment.
Examples
- Scoring with ORPIMENT was a bright, unexpected splash of points on the board.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English orpyment, from Old French orpiment, from Latin auripigmentum (“orpiment”), from aurum (“gold”) + pigmentum (“pigment”).
Scrabble Score: 12
orpiment: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordorpiment: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
orpiment: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
orpiment: valid Words With Friends Word