se|pi|a

se|pi|a «SEE pee uh», noun, plural -pi|as, -pi|ae «-pee ee», adjective.

–n.

1. a dark-brown paint or ink prepared from the inky secretion of cuttlefish.

2. a dark brown.

3. a drawing, photograph, lithograph, or the like, in tones of brown.

4. any one of a group of cuttlefish having an internal shell.

–adj.

1. dark-brown.

2. done in sepia: »

a sepia print.

╂[< Latin sēpia < Greek sēpíā cuttlefish < s make foul; to rot, related to sápros rotten]