cerulean

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  1. adjective Azure; sky-blue.

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  • The cerulean was bright and unflecked with a speck of vapor, like a concave mirror of burnished steel. —  The Memories of Fifty Years
  • The creature's coloring was a high cerulean, like the clear sky over the desert, though with darker patches on its back. —  Analog Science Fiction and Fact
  • I had unconsciously turned to Brother David as I made this explanation; it was his colleague who replied, and his words explained some of his good humor. —  The Mummy Case
  • Aft and to port the sky was still a deep, midnight blue; ahead and to starboard, toward the east, it had already lightened to a dazzling blend of cerulean and gold, and the tops of the clouds were catching the first orange touch of the hidden sun. —  Countdown
  • Blinding flash of cerulean- —  Werehunter
 

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  1. From Latin caeruleus, dark blue; akin to caelum, sky.

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  1. from Latin cæruleus (see ceruleous) + -an.
 

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/səˈruləən/
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