SEPIA
What does "SEPIA" mean?
A reddish-brown color, or the brown ink originally made from cuttlefish.
Meanings
- A warm reddish-brown pigment or color. The old photographs had faded to a soft sepia.
- Dark brown ink obtained from the ink sac of cuttlefish, used in drawing. The artist sketched the ruins in washes of sepia. technical
- The cuttlefish itself, especially of the genus Sepia. A sepia jetted backward in a cloud of its own ink. technical
- Toned in or evoking warm brown, often suggesting age or nostalgia. He remembered his childhood in sepia tones. figurative
Did you know?
- The nostalgic brown tint of old photos is named after an animal: 'sepia' is the genus of the cuttlefish, whose ink once supplied the pigment.
Word origin
From Latin 'sepia' (cuttlefish), from Greek 'sepia', because the pigment was originally made from cuttlefish ink.
Remember it
SEPIA is squid ink in a Latin coat - the cuttlefish genus is literally Sepia, the color it bleeds.
A little poem
A frightened cuttlefish exhales a storm,
and centuries later that same cloud of ink
is how we paint the past: brown, soft, and warm.
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What it teaches
Even a creature's panic can outlast it, reborn as the color we use to remember.
Quick facts
What does SEPIA mean?
A reddish-brown color, or the brown ink originally made from cuttlefish.
Is SEPIA a valid word?
Yes — SEPIA is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SEPIA?
SEPIA has 5 letters and 3 syllables.
Where does SEPIA come from?
From Latin 'sepia' (cuttlefish), from Greek 'sepia', because the pigment was originally made from cuttlefish ink.
What can SEPIA teach us?
Even a creature's panic can outlast it, reborn as the color we use to remember.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.