n. 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. adj. 1. Of the color ultramarine. 2. Of or from a place beyond the sea. [From Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, from beyond the sea : Latin ultrā, ultra- + Latin marīnus, of the sea (from mare, sea; see mori- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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