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cerulean

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ce⋅ru⋅le⋅an

  [suh-roo-lee-uhn]
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–adjective, noun
1. deep blue; sky blue; azure.
2. Heraldry. a sky-blue tincture, used esp. on the Continent.
Origin:
1660–70; < L caerule(us) dark blue, azure (akin to caelum sky) + -an
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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 
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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