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Definition of cerulean adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cerulean

adjective
 
/sɪˈruːliən/
 
/sɪˈruːliən/
 (literary)
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  1. deep blue in colourTopics Colours and Shapesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCerulean is used with these nouns:
    • blue
    • sky
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin caeruleus ‘sky blue’, from caelum ‘sky’.
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