meaning of orpiment
1. Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphous lemonyellow powder, and occurring naturally as a yellow crystalline mineral; -- formerly called auripigment. It is used in kings yellow, in white Indian fire, and in certain technical processes, as indigo printing.
2. a yellow mineral occuring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenic
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