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noun

A reddish-brown colour associated particularly with monochrome photographs of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Usage examples:

Old sepia photographs
noun

A blackish fluid secreted by a cuttlefish as a defensive screen.

Usage examples:

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Sépias

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सेपियास

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Seppie

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세피아

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Сепия

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Sepias

Word origin

late Middle English (denoting a cuttlefish): via Latin from Greek sēpia ‘cuttlefish’. The current senses date from the early 19th century.

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