ultramarine
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ultramarine/ʌltrəməˈriːn/
▶noun a brilliant deep blue pigment originally obtained from lapis lazuli, and now made from powdered fired clay, sodium carbonate, sulphur, and resin. ▶adjective archaic situated beyond the sea.
– origin C16 (as adj.): from med. L. ultramarinus ‘beyond the sea’; the name of the pigment is from obs. Ital. (azzurro) oltramarino, lit. ‘(azure) from overseas’ (because the lapis lazuli was imported).
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