sepia

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Word Origin & History

"rich brown pigment," 1821, from Italian seppia "cuttlefish" (borrowed with that meaning in English by 1560s), from Latin sepia "cuttlefish," from Greek sepia "cuttlefish," related to sepein "to make rotten" (cf. sepsis). The color was that of brown paint or ink prepared from the fluid secretions of the cuttlefish. Meaning "a sepia drawing" is recorded from 1863.

Example Sentences forsepia

This sulphide will give tones which are sepia brown with most papers.

The natural was made from a black earth, or from the secretion of the cuttle-fish, sepia.

All derived from cuttle-fish varieties of sepia used for baits.

This food is chiefly the Squid or Sepia octopus, known also by the name of the cuttle-fish.

That a sepia photograph of the Coliseum, framed, is a work of art.

For brown hair, sepia, but should it be very dark add a little lake.

The second family is Sepiad, containing Belemnosis and Sepia.

The ink taken from the ink-sac of Sepia is an article of commerce.

Sketches in Sepia and Chalk, partly original and partly selected.

Their spawn is very different from that of either octopus, or sepia.

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