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Cerulean
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
cerulean
1667, from L. cæruleus "blue, dark blue, blue-green," probably from cælulum dim. of cælum "heaven, sky," of uncertain origin (see celestial). The L. word was applied by Roman authors to the sky, the Mediterranean, and occasionally to leaves or fields.
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