/mar"i tuym'/ , adj.
1. connected with the sea in relation to navigation, shipping, etc.
2. of or pertaining to the sea: maritime resources.
3. bordering on the sea: maritime provinces.
4. living near or in the sea: maritime plants.
5. characteristic of a sailor; nautical: maritime clothing.
[ 1540-50; maritimus pertaining to the sea, equiv. to mari- (s. of mare sea) + -timus adj. suffix ]