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pigment

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/
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/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/ · /ˈpəɡ.mənt/

Definition of pigment

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any color in plant or animal cells.
    “Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants' green colouring.”
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noun

  1. Any color in plant or animal cells.
    “Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants' green colouring.”
  2. A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder.
    “Umber is a pigment made from clay containing iron and manganese oxide.”
  3. (obsolete)Wine flavoured with spices and honey.
    “Oswald, broach the oldest wine-cask; place the best mead, the richest morat, the most sparkling cyder, the most odoriferous pigment, upon the board; […]”

verb

  1. (transitive)To add color or pigment to something.

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Etymology

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.

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