orpiment

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Arsenic trisulphide, occurring naturally in crystals or massive deposits, formerly used as a dye or pigment.

Similar words

arsenic trisulfide arsenic sulphide auripigment arsenic trisulphide arsenic sulfide arsenolite arsenical iron arsenuranospathite arsenpolybasite arsenopalladinite

Often followed by

and is or was in are yellow to with

Word family

orpiments