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ce⋅ru⋅le⋅an
[suh-roo-lee-uh
n] 
–adjective, noun
| 1. | deep blue; sky blue; azure. |
| 2. | Heraldry. a sky-blue tincture, used esp. on the Continent. |
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| ce·ru·le·an (sə-rōō'lē-ən) adj. Azure; sky-blue. [From Latin caeruleus, dark blue; akin to caelum, sky.] |
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Cerulean
Ce*ru"le*an\, a. [L. caeruleus.] Sky-colored; blue; azure. --Cowper. Blue, blue, as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. --Bryant.
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cerulean
1667, from L. cæruleus "blue, dark blue, blue-green," probably from cælulum dim. of cælum "heaven, sky," from PIE base *s(k)ai- "bright." The L. word was applied by Roman authors to the sky, the Mediterranean, and occasionally to leaves or fields.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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