clair de lune
a pale-green color.
a very pale blue color, tinged with lavender, used as a glaze on Chinese porcelain.
porcelain glazed with this color.
Origin of clair de lune
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a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
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How to use clair de lune in a sentence
The Duchess in clair de lune implored her gentleman friend to speak to her roughly, using hedge and highroad talk.
Pieces of Hate | Heywood BrounOld Clair-de-Lune alone was fresh and ready, and able in his broken English to tell us what he wished.
The House Under the Sea | Sir Max PembertonI did not wonder that old Clair-de-Lune was silent when he looked down upon a scene so grand.
The House Under the Sea | Sir Max PembertonNight and morning Clair-de-Lune and the little girls found their way up to us with bread and meat and the news that was passing.
The House Under the Sea | Sir Max PembertonOld Clair-de-Lune is with me, but silence is in the house below, where some sleep and some are seeking sleep.
The House Under the Sea | Sir Max Pemberton
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