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ultramarine

adj
/ˌʌltɹəməˈɹiːn/UK/ˌəltɹəməˈɹin/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, from Latin ultrā (“beyond”) + marīnus (“of or relating to the sea, marine”). By surface analysis, ultra + marine. Noun sense 1 (“pigment”) refers to the fact that lapis lazuli was obtained from foreign countries and hence “beyond the sea”.

  1. derived from ultrā — “beyond”
  2. borrowed from ultrāmarīnus

Definitions

  1. Beyond the sea.

  2. Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish color like that of the pigment (noun sense…

    Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish color like that of the pigment (noun sense 1).

  3. In full ultramarine blue

    In full ultramarine blue: a brilliant blue pigment traditionally made from ground-up lapis lazuli, and now usually either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour like that of the pigment.

      • The atmosphere beneath is languorous, and is so tinged with azure that what artists call the middle distance partakes also of that hue, while the horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA