ultramarine
pronunciation
How to pronounce ultramarine in British English:
UK [ˌʌltrəməˈri:n]
How to pronounce ultramarine in American English:
US [ˌʌltrəməˈrin]
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- Noun:
- blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli
- vivid blue to purple-blue
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- Adjective:
- of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color
Word Origin
- ultramarine
- ultramarine: [16] Ultramarine originally denoted a blue pigment made from the stone lapis lazuli. This was imported in the Middle Ages from Asia by sea, and so it was termed in medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, literally ‘beyond the seas’. This was a compound adjective formed from the prefix ultrā- ‘beyond’ and marīnus ‘of the sea’ (source of English marine).=> marine, mere, mermaid
- ultramarine (n.)
- 1590s, "blue pigment made from lapis lazuli," from Medieval Latin ultramarinus, literally "beyond the sea," from ultra- "beyond" + marinus "of the sea" (see marine (adj.)). Said to be so called because the mineral was imported from Asia.
Example
- 1. Nike lunar mariah tz true white ultramarine perfect pink .
- 2. The horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine .
- 3. But dolphins , which fill the oceans with blipping and chirping , and whales , which mew and caw in ultramarine jazz a true rhapsody in blue are hunted to the edge of silence .