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PIGMENT
paint, pigment
(noun) a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; “artists use ‘paint’ and ‘pigment’ interchangeably”
pigment
(noun) dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
pigment
(noun) any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color
pigment
(verb) color or dye with a pigment; “pigment a photograph”
pigment
(verb) acquire pigment; become colored or imbued
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pigment (plural pigments)
(biology) Any color in plant or animal cells
A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder
(obsolete) Wine flavoured with spices and honey.
Verb
pigment (third-person singular simple present pigments, present participle pigmenting, simple past and past participle pigmented)
(transitive) To add color or pigment to something.
Anagrams
• empting, temping
Source: Wiktionary
Pig"ment, n. Etym: [L. pigmentum, fr. the root of pingere to paint: cf. F. pigment. See Paint, and cf. Pimento, Orpiment.]
1. Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: Any one of the colored substances found in animal and vegetable tissues and fluids, as bilirubin, urobilin, chlorophyll, etc.
3. Wine flavored with species and honey. Sir W. Scott. Pigment cell (Physiol.), a small cell containing coloring matter, as the pigmented epithelial cells of the choroid and iris, or the pigmented connective tissue cells in the skin of fishes, reptiles, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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