First Known Use: 1821
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1sepia
noun se·pia \ˈsē-pē-ə\
: a reddish-brown color
Full Definition of SEPIA
1
a : a brown melanin-containing pigment from the ink of cuttlefishes b : the inky secretion of a cuttlefish
2
: a print or photograph of a brown color resembling sepia
3
: a brownish-gray to dark olive-brown color
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Origin of SEPIA
Latin, cuttlefish, ink, from Greek sēpia
2sepia
adjective
Definition of SEPIA
1
: made of or done in sepia
2
: of the color sepia
First Known Use of SEPIA
1827
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sepia
noun se·pia \ˈsē-pē-ə\
Medical Definition of SEPIA
1
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
2
: the inky secretion of a cuttlefish or a brown pigment from it
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