ultra marine
trə adjective
1.
of the color ultramarine.
2.
beyond the sea.
noun
3.
a blue pigment consisting of powdered lapis lazuli.
4.
a similar artificial blue pigment.
5.
any of various other pigments.
6.
a deep-blue color.
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ultramarine (ˌʌltrəməˈriːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a blue pigment consisting of sodium and aluminium silicates and some sodium sulphide, obtained by powdering natural lapis lazuli or made synthetically: used in paints, printing ink, plastics, etc |
| 2. | a vivid blue colour |
| —adj | |
| 3. | of the colour ultramarine |
| 4. | from across the seas |
| [C17: from Medieval Latin ultramarinus, from ultrā beyond (see | |
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ultramarine
1598, "blue pigment made from lapis lazuli," from M.L. ultramarinus, lit. "beyond the sea," from ultra- "beyond" + marinus "of the sea." So called because the mineral was imported from Asia by sea.
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