ultramarine

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In 1828 M. Guimet succeeded in making an artificial ultramarine, known now extensively as French ultramarine, which is little, if at all, inferior in beauty to lazurite.

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  1. noun A blue pigment made from powdered lapis lazuli.
  2. noun A similar pigment made synthetically by heating clay, sodium carbonate, and sulfur together.
  3. noun A vivid or strong blue to purplish blue.

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  1. From Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, from beyond the sea : Latin ultrā, ultra- + Latin marīnus, of the sea (from mare, sea; see mori- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. = Spanish Portuguese ultramarino, from Latin ultra, beyond, + marinus, marine.
 

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/ˈəltrəmərin/
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