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ultramarine(dictionary)
ultramarine(dictionary)

ultramarine (iou)



ultramarine adjective & noun. L16.
[Italian oltramarino (mod. oltre-) in azzurro oltramarino lit. 'azure from overseas', later assim. to medieval Latin ultramarinus, from Latin ultra beyond + mare sea: see -INE1.]
A. adjective.
Situated beyond the sea. Now rare. L16.
ultramarine blue, = senses B.1, 2 below. L17.
Of the colour ultramarine (see senses B.1, 2 below). L18.
J. Barth Her mother's ultramarine eyes.
b. noun.
Orig., a pigment of various shades of blue, orig. made from imported lapis lazuli. Now also (more fully French ultramarine), a brilliant deep blue pigment made in imitation of this from powdered fired clay, sodium carbonate, sulphur, and resin. L16.
b. With specifying word.: a pigment derived from or chemically similar to ultramarine but of another colour. E18.
A blue colour like that of the pigment. L17.