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adjective

of the color ultramarine.

beyond the sea.

noun

a blue pigment consisting of powdered lapis lazuli.

a similar artificial blue pigment.

any of various other pigments.

a deep-blue color.

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Origin:
1590–1600; < Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, equivalent to Latin ultrā ultra- + marīnus marine

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ultramarine (ˌʌltrəməˈriːn)

—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 ultra-) + mare sea; so called because the lapis lazuli from which the pigment was made was imported from Asia]

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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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