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cel·a·don

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–noun

1.	any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.

2.	any porcelain imitating these.

3.	a pale gray-green.

–adjective

4.	having the color celadon.

[Origin: 1760–70; named after Céladon, name of a character in L' Astrée, a tale by H. d'Urfé (1568–1625), French writer

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n.

A pale to very pale green.
A type of pottery having a pale green glaze, originally produced in China.

[French, after Céladon, a character in L'Astrée, a romance by Honoré d'Urfé (1568-1625), French writer, after Celadōn, a character in Ovid's Metamorphoses.]

cel'a·don' adj.

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celadon

"pale grayish-green," 1768, from Fr. Céladon, name of a character in the romance of "l'Astrée" by Honoré d'Urfé (1610), a sentimental lover who wore bright green clothes, after Gk. Keladon, a character in Ovid's "Metamorphoses."

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Celadon

Cel"a*don\, n. [F.] A pale sea-green color; also, porcelain or fine pottery of this tint.

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