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Cerulean

//səˈɹuːli.ən// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Sky-blue.

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A greenish-blue color. countable, uncountable

    "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 […]"

  2. 2
    a light shade of blue wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Jamides. countable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin caeruleus (“blue”) + -an, from caelum (“sky, heaven”) + -uleus (diminutive suffix).

Etymology 2

From Latin caeruleus (“blue”) + -an, from caelum (“sky, heaven”) + -uleus (diminutive suffix).

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