Meanings
- uncountableA yellow pigment, consisting essentially of sulfide and oxide of arsenic.
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.
1997, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 24, in Mason & Dixon, 1st US edition, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, part One: Latitudes and Departures, page 242Synonyms: yellow orpiment
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA yellow pigment, consisting essentially of sulfide and oxide of arsenic.
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