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orpiment

or.pi.ment \'o.r-p*-m*nt\ n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L auripigmentum, fr. aurum + 
   pigmentum pigme]nt : orange to lemon yellow arsenic trisulfide As2S3 found 
   as a m ineral or produced artificially and used as a pigment