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cy·an
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æn
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noun
cyan blue.
Origin:
1885–90;
<
Greek
kýanos
dark blue
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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cyan-
1
variant of
cyano-
1
,
usually before a vowel or
h: cyanamide.
cyan-
2
variant of
cyano-
2
,
before a vowel.
cyan-
3
variant of
cyano-
3
,
before a vowel.
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cyan
(ˈsaɪæn, ˈsaɪən)
—
n
1.
a highly saturated green-blue that is the complementary colour of red and forms, with magenta and yellow, a set of primary colours
—
adj
2.
of this colour:
a cyan filter
[C19: from Greek
kuanos
dark blue]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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cyan
1889, short for cyan blue (1879), from Gk. kyanos "dark blue, dark blue enamel, lapis lazuli," probably a non-IE word, but perhaps akin to, or from, Hittite *kuwanna(n)- "copper blue."
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