Cerulean

Pronunciation

• IPA: /səˈɹuːliÉ™n/
• Hyphenation: ce + ru + le + an

Alternative forms

• cærulean

Origin

From Latin caeruleus ("blue"), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēy(w)-, *ḱyē(w)- ("grey"). Cognate with Old English hār ("grey"). More at hoar.

Full definition of cerulean

Noun

1. sky blue.

Adjective

1. sky-blue.
• 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter IIAs 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.

Anagrams

• Laurence