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Sep 20, 2023

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Words related to colors

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castaneous
rubricate
cerulean
brunneous
variegate

Blue Grotto, Capri, Italy

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A.Word.A.Day

with Anu Garg

cerulean

PRONUNCIATION:

(suh-ROO-lee-uhn)

MEANING:

adjective: Sky blue.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin caeruleus (sky blue), from caelum (sky). Earliest documented use: 1677.

USAGE:

“Some 250 NATO warplanes roared into the cerulean heavens to smash the intruders.”
Mare Nostrum Balticum; The Economist (London, UK); Aug 12, 2023.

See more usage examples of cerulean in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. -Upton Sinclair, novelist and reformer (20 Sep 1878-1968)

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