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