Meaning of sepian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of the sepia, i.e. the cuttlefish.
   archaic
2. Of a dark or inky colour, often in reference to skin pigmentation.
   dated
3. Belonging to or pertaining to black Americans or African Americans, who typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
   US, dated

Examples

“He who dived in the swirling Maelstrom saw none to compare with them in horror: tentacular convolutions, tumid bulges, glaring orbs of sepian deformity, would have looked to him innocence beside such incarnations of hatefulness...”

“Randomly selecting a fruit fly with sepian (dark brown) eyes”

“Nineteenth century sepian musicals included Sam T. Jack's "Creoles" -1890...”

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