¹sepia

noun se·pia \ˈsē-pē-ə\

: a reddish-brown color

Full Definition of SEPIA

a : a brown melanin-containing pigment from the ink of cuttlefishes

b : the inky secretion of a cuttlefish

: a print or photograph of a brown color resembling sepia

: a brownish-gray to dark olive-brown color

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Origin of SEPIA

Latin, cuttlefish, ink, from Greek sēpia

First Known Use: 1821

Other Pictures (on film) Terms

daguerreotype, emulsion, fill, sepia, still, stop

²sepia

adjective

Definition of SEPIA

: made of or done in sepia

: of the color sepia

First Known Use of SEPIA

1827

Other Pictures (on film) Terms

daguerreotype, emulsion, fill, still, stop

Medical Dictionary

sepia

noun se·pia \ˈsē-pē-ə\

Medical Definition of SEPIA

capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Sepiidae) of oval-bodied cephalopods that comprise the cuttlefishes and have a saclike organ containing a dark fluid and an internal shell mostly of calcium carbonate which has been used as an antacid and in tooth and polishing powders

: the inky secretion of a cuttlefish or a brown pigment from it