Cerulean

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cerulean \Ce*ru"le*an\, a. [L. caeruleus.]
     Sky-colored; blue; azure. --Cowper.
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           Blue, blue, as if that sky let fall
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           A flower from its cerulean wall.         --Bryant.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cerulean
       adj : of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a
             clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather"
             [syn: {azure}, {sky-blue}, {bright blue}]
       n : a light shade of blue [syn: {azure}, {sapphire}, {lazuline},
            {sky-blue}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "cerulean":
     Caelus, air, azure, azure-blue, azure-colored, azurean, azured,
     azureous, beryl-blue, berylline, blue, blue sky, bluish, caelum,
     canopy, canopy of heaven, ceruleous, cerulescent, cope, cyanean,
     dark-blue, deep-blue, empyrean, ether, firmament, heaven, heavens,
     hyaline, lift, lifts, light-blue, lightish-blue, livid, pavonian,
     pavonine, peacock-blue, sapphire, sapphirine, sky, sky-blue,
     sky-colored, sky-dyed, starry heaven, the blue, the blue serene,
     turquoise, vault, vault of heaven, welkin
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Cerulean, KY
    Zip code(s): 42215