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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a shade of brown with a tinge of red [syn: reddish brown, sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany]
2: rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes
3: type genus of the Sepiidae [syn: Sepia, genus Sepia]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Latin, cuttlefish, ink, from Greek s?pia Date: 1821 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 II. adjective Date: 1827 1. made of or done in sepia 2. of the color sepia

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a dark reddish-brown colour. 2 a a brown pigment prepared from a black fluid secreted by cuttlefish, used in monochrome drawing and in water-colours. b a brown tint used in photography. 3 a drawing done in sepia. 4 the fluid secreted by cuttlefish. Etymology: L f. Gk sepia cuttlefish

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sepia Se"pi*a, a. Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sepia Se"pi*a, n.; pl. E. Sepias, L. Sepi[ae]. [L., fr. Gr. ??? the cuttlefish, or squid.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The common European cuttlefish. (b) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under Cuttlefish. 2. A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India. Sepia drawing or picture, a drawing in monochrome, made in sepia alone, or in sepia with other brown pigments.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sepia Se"pi*a, n.; pl. E. Sepias, L. Sepi[ae]. [L., fr. Gr. ??? the cuttlefish, or squid.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The common European cuttlefish. (b) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under Cuttlefish. 2. A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India. Sepia drawing or picture, a drawing in monochrome, made in sepia alone, or in sepia with other brown pigments.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is sepia is deep brown in colour, like the colour of very old photographs. The walls are hung with sepia photographs of old school heroes. COLOUR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Cuttle-fish. 2. India ink.

Moby Thesaurus

beige, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, drab, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, fawn, fawn-colored, fuscous, grege, hazel, khaki, lurid, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab, seal, seal-brown, snuff-colored, sorrel, tan, taupe, tawny, toast, toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown, yellowish-brown