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Webster 1913 Edition


Ultramarine

Ulˊtra-ma-rine′

(ŭlˊtrȧ-mȧ-rēn′)
,
Adj.
[Pref.
ultra-
+
marine
.]
Situated or being beyond the sea.
Burke.

Ulˊtra-ma-rine′

,
Noun.
[Cf. Sp.
ultramarino
. So called because the lapis lazuli was originally brought from beyond the sea, – from Asia.]
(Chem.)
A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively.
Green ultramarine
,
a green pigment obtained as a first product in the manufacture of ultramarine, into which it is changed by subsequent treatment.
Ultramarine ash
or
Ultramarine ashes
(Paint.)
,
a pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli after the ultramarine has been extracted. It was used by the old masters as a middle or neutral tint for flesh, skies, and draperies, being of a purer and tenderer gray than that produced by the mixture of more positive colors.
Fairholt.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ultramarine

ULTRAMARINE

,
Adj.
[L. ultra, beyond, and marinus, marine.]
Situated or being beyond the sea.

ULTRAMARINE

,
Noun.
[supra.]
1.
a beautiful and durable sky-blue; a color formed of the mineral called lapis lazuli, and consisting of little else than oxyd of iron.
2.
Azure-stone.
Ultramarine ashes, a pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli, after the ultramarine has been extracted. Their appearance is that of the ultramarine, a little tinged with red, and diluted with white.

Definition 2024


ultramarine

ultramarine

English

Noun

ultramarine (plural ultramarines)

  1. A brilliant blue pigment that is either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically.
  2. A brilliant pure dark blue or slightly purplish colour.
    ultramarine colour:    

Translations

Adjective

ultramarine (comparative more ultramarine, superlative most ultramarine)

  1. Of a brilliant blue colour.
  2. Beyond the sea.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)

Translations

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French

Adjective

ultramarine

  1. feminine singular of ultramarin

German

Adjective

ultramarine

  1. inflected form of ultramarin

Italian

Adjective

ultramarine

  1. feminine plural of ultramarino