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   sepia

   /ˈsiːpɪə/

   noun

   • 1. a reddish-brown colour associated particularly with monochrome photographs of the 19th and early 20th centuries: "old sepia photographs"
   • ▪ a brown pigment prepared from a black fluid secreted by cuttlefish, used in monochrome drawing and in watercolours.
   • ▪ a drawing done with sepia pigment.
   • 2. a blackish fluid secreted by a cuttlefish as a defensive screen.

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

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • S

     1

   • E

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   • P

     3

   • I

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   • A

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