SEPIA


Meaning of SEPIA in English

— sepialike , adj. — sepic /see"pik, sep"ik/ , adj.

/see"pee euh/ , n.

1. a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.

2. a drawing made with this pigment.

3. a dark brown.

4. Photog. a print or photograph made in this color.

5. any of several cuttlefish of the genus Sepia, producing a dark fluid used naturally for defense and, by humans, in ink.

adj.

6. of a brown, grayish brown, or olive brown similar to that of sepia ink.

[ 1560-70; sepia cuttlefish, its secretion sepía; akin to sêpsis SEPSIS ]

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