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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Azure; sky-blue.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Sky-colored; clear lightblue; blue. Also spelled cærulean.
  2. n. Blue; cerulean color.
  3. n. A blue-stocking.

Wiktionary

  1. n. sky blue.
  2. adj. sky-blue.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Sky-colored; blue; azure.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a light shade of blue
  2. adj. of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky

Etymologies

  1. From Latin caeruleus ("blue"), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēy(w)-, *ḱyē(w)- (“grey”). Cognate with Old English hār ("grey"). More at hoar. (Wiktionary)
  2. From Latin caeruleus, dark blue; akin to caelum, sky. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • widdershins Ooh, "apricot wash," I like that! Dec 22, 2007

  • reesetee If you know someone who paints in oils, this is a nicely evocative word, though. Goes well with alizarin crimson. :-) Nov 30, 2007

  • yarb As a colour word, this is only used by hopeless versifiers, but to me it means a certain kind of summery, seashore sky, flecked with cumulus, a clutter of gulls, and the apricot wash of a half-risen sun. Nov 30, 2007

  • vanishedone 'Yet even then, we ran like the wind,
    Whilst our laughter echoed
    Under cerulean skies...' (Chrono Cross intro.) Nov 29, 2007

  • lilacs524 Definitely a tough one to pronounce. Definitely a great color. Feb 23, 2007

  • valse Suh-roo-lee-uhn. Beautiful word, likewise with the color it describes. Jan 15, 2007

  • h3h I've never been comfortable pronouncing this word. I try to avoid it. Jan 14, 2007

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