CERULEAN

azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue

(adjective) of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; “October’s bright blue weather”

azure, cerulean, sapphire, lazuline, sky-blue

(noun) a light shade of blue

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cerulean (countable and uncountable, plural ceruleans)

(countable and uncountable, color) A greenish-blue color.

(countable) Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Jamides.

Adjective

cerulean (comparative more cerulean, superlative most cerulean)

Sky-blue.

Anagrams

• Laurence, crenulae

Source: Wiktionary


Ce*ru"le*an, a. Etym: [L. caeruleus.]

Definition: Sky-colored; blue; azure. Cowper. Blue, blue, as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. Bryant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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