This week’s theme
Color words derived from animals

This week’s words
vermeil
teal
ponceau
taupe
sepia


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Next week’s theme
Words with initial silent letters

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PRONUNCIATION:

(SEE-pee-uh)

MEANING:

noun: 1. A reddish brown color. 2. A brown pigment originally made from the cuttlefish ink. 3. A drawing made with this pigment. 4. A monochrome photograph in this color.
adjective: Of a reddish-brown color.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin sepia (cuttlefish), from Greek sepia (cuttlefish). Earliest documented use: 1569.

USAGE:

“I know it sounds strange to invoke the sepia-toned suffering of the 1930s when we’re talking about an economy that has only 5.1 percent unemployment.”
Matt O’Brien; Brexit’ and the Far Right’s Rise in UK and Elsewhere; The Washington Post; Jun 1, 2016.

See more usage examples of sepia in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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