cerulean
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin caeruleus (“dark blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēy(w)-, *ḱyē(w)- (“grey”). Cognate with Old English hār (“grey”). More at hoar.
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[edit] Noun
cerulean (uncountable)
- A deep blue colour, like the sky on a fine day.
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cerulean colour:
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a deep blue colour
[edit] Adjective
cerulean (comparative more cerulean, superlative most cerulean)
- Of a deep blue colour, like the sky on a fine day.
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of a deep blue colour
[edit] See also
- (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre (Category: en:Blues) [edit]
