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pigment

pig·ment

UK/ˈpəɡ.mənt/ US/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/ uncommon obsolete
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

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verb

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2.

color or dye with a pigment

  • “pigment a photograph”

Origin

From Middle English pigment, from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from pingō (“to paint”) + -mentum; variants of this word may have been known in Old English (e.g. 12th century pyhmentum). Doublet of pimiento, pimento, and piment.

Phrases

  • accessory pigment
  • azo pigment
  • bile pigment
  • fugitive pigment
  • lake pigment
  • pigment dispersion syndrome
  • respiratory pigment

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