Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish. · A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour. · A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph. · A cuttlefish.
Borrowed from Latin sēpia (“cuttlefish”), from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía). Cognate with Italian seppia, Portuguese siba, and Spanish sepia.
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