Alternative forms

• cærulean

Etymology

From LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#CERULEAN caeruleus (“blue”) +‎ -anCategory:English terms suffixed with -an#CERULEAN, from caelum (“sky, heaven”) +‎ -uleus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈɹuːli.ən/Category:English 4-syllable words#CERULEANCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CERULEAN

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• Hyphenation: ce‧ru‧le‧an
• Rhymes: -uːliənCategory:Rhymes:English/uːliən#CERULEANCategory:Rhymes:English/uːliən/4 syllables#CERULEAN

Noun

cerulean (countable and uncountable, plural ceruleans)Category:English lemmas#CERULEANCategory:English nouns#CERULEANCategory:English uncountable nouns#CERULEANCategory:English countable nouns#CERULEANCategory:English countable nouns#CERULEANCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CERULEANCategory:Pages with entries#CERULEANCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CERULEAN

1. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#CERULEAN and uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#CERULEAN) A greenish-blue color.

   cerulean:  

   • 2014, William H. Gass, On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry, page 59:

     For our blues we have the azures and ceruleans, lapis lazulis, the light and dusty, the powder blues, the deeps: royal, sapphire, navy, and marine […]

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2. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#CERULEAN) Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Jamides.

Adjective

cerulean (comparative more cerulean, superlative most cerulean)Category:English lemmas#CERULEANCategory:English adjectives#CERULEANCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CERULEANCategory:Pages with entries#CERULEANCategory:Pages with 1 entry#CERULEAN

1. Sky-blue.
   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter II, in The Understanding Heart:

     As far to the west as Monica could see, her world was a sea of fog, […] . Above it arched a cerulean sky; as the sun climbed to the zenith, […] , the fog gradually took on a bluish tinge.

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   • 1995, “The Hearts Filthy Lesson”, in 1. Outside, performed by David Bowie:

     Oh Ramona, if there was only some kind of future / And these cerulean skies / Something in our skies, something in our skies

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   • 2006, Aline Brosh McKenna, Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada, spoken by Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep):

     But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean. And you're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent, wasn't it, who showed cerulean military jackets?

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See also

Anagrams

• Laurence, crenulae