pigment
verb
- to add color or pigment to something
noun
- coloring
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpɪɡ.mənt/ / /ˈpəɡ.mənt/
noun
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.
- Any color in plant or animal cells.
“Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants' green colouring.”
- A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder.
“Umber is a pigment made from clay containing iron and manganese oxide.”
- 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
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.
- To add color or pigment to something.