ultramarine

(ul′trə mə rēn)

adjective

  1. beyond the sea
  2. deep-blue

Origin: ML ultramarinus: see ultra- & marine

noun

  1. a blue pigment originally made by grinding lapis lazuli to a powder
  2. a blue pigment of similar chemical composition prepared from other substances
  3. any of certain other pigments: yellow ultramarine
  4. deep blue

See ultramarine in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. A blue pigment made from powdered lapis lazuli.
    b. A similar pigment made synthetically by heating clay, sodium carbonate, and sulfur together.
  2. A vivid or strong blue to purplish blue.
adjective
  1. Of the color ultramarine.
  2. Of or from a place beyond the sea.

Origin:

Origin: From Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, from beyond the sea

Origin: : Latin ultrā, ultra-

Origin: + Latin marīnus, of the sea (from mare, sea; see mori- in Indo-European roots)

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