ultramarine

Meanings

Plural: ultramarines

Noun

blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli
a vivid blue to purple-blue color
In full ultramarine blue: a brilliant blue pigment traditionally made from ground-up lapis lazuli, and now usually either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically.
A brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour like that of the pigment.

Adjective Satellite

of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color

Adj

Beyond the sea.
Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish color like that of the pigment (noun sense 1).

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, from Latin ultrā (“beyond”) + marīnus (“of or relating to the sea, marine”). By surface analysis, ultra + marine.
Noun sense 1 (“pigment”) refers to the fact that lapis lazuli was obtained from foreign countries and hence “beyond the sea”.

Synonyms

overseas, transmarine, ultramarine blue

Antonyms

cismarine

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