cerulean

[ suh-roo-lee-uh n ]

/ səˈru li ən /

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adjective, noun

deep blue; sky blue; azure.

Heraldry. a sky-blue tincture, used especially on the Continent.

Words nearby cerulean

certified public accountant, certify, certiorari, certitude, certosina, cerulean, cerulean blue, cerulean warbler, cerulein, ceruloplasmin, cerumen

Origin of cerulean

1660–70; < Latin caerule(us) dark blue, azure (akin to caelum sky) + -an

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Examples from the Web for cerulean

On Monday, Nicole Richie debuted her latest Technicolor hairstyle—a side-swept Cerulean low bun—on Good Morning America.
Tangled Up in Blue: Young Stars and Their Blue Rinses|Erin Cunningham|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I can see thee now as I saw thee then, with the firelight glowing over thee, like a smile from the cerulean skies!
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 1|Robert H. Newell
And they seemed to envelop her in a flash of cerulean light.
The Torrent|Vicente Blasco Ibaez
Blue, blue, as if the sky let fallA flower from its cerulean wall!
The Garden, You, and I|Mabel Osgood Wright

Beatrix dug her cerulean parasol deep into the pine-needles and sighed.
Options|O. Henry
The water about us turned a blue that none there had ever seen, so turquoise, so cerulean, so penetrable by the eye!
1492|Mary Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for cerulean

cerulean

/ (sɪˈruːlɪən) /

noun

a deep blue colour; azure
(as adjective)a cerulean sea

Word Origin for cerulean

C17: from Latin caeruleus, probably from caelum sky

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cerulean

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