ceruleanadj.n.

/sɪˈruːlɪən/

Forms: Also cærulean.

Etymology: < Latin caeruleus dark blue, dark green, applied to the sky, the sea (Mediterranean), but occasionally to leaves, fields: compare Welsh glas. In the modern languages always taken as deep blue.

A. adj.

a. Of the colour of the cloudless sky, pure deep blue, azure. Chiefly poetic.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > sky blue

azured1490

azure?a1513

sky-coloured1567

ceruleous?1578

sky colour1581

cerule1591

sky-like1594

ceruleal1634

azurne1637

cerulous1651

lazure1671

cerulean1677

sky blue1703

skyey1816

azure-blue1859

cerulescent1880

azurean1882

1677 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (rev. ed.) 129 (T.) Mosques and hummums with their cerulean tiles and gilded vanes.

?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 71 For Painting the best Cerulian or Blew colour in Oyl is. 6d. a yard.

1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur iv. 95 He spread the pure Cerulean Fields on high.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 284 We..thro' cærulian billows plough the way.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 545 Her eyes cerulean rolled.

1847 R. W. Emerson Threnody in Wks. (1906) I. 487 Within the air's cerulean round.

b. humorous = blue adj. 8.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > [adjective] > of women

blue1754

blue-stockinged1791

bluestockingishc1822

cerulean1831

1831 Cat's Tail 28 Being cerulean (which so much the ton is).

c. cerulean blue n. an artist's colour prepared from cobalt, a brilliant light blue pigment.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > blue colouring matter > [noun] > blue pigment > specific

azurec1374

lapis lazulia1425

litmusc1503

verditer1505

florey1527

bice1548

smalt1558

smalts1591

smalt1598

ultramarine1598

litmus blue1612

verditer1665

ultramarine blue (or colour)1686

blue sublimate1700

Prussian blue1724

terre bleue1728

starch blue1742

king's blue1778

verditel1778

Antwerp brown1787

Berlin blue1794

lacmus1794

Antwerp blue1795

French blue1802

lapis1811

Waterloo blue1815

Waterloo1823

cobalt1835

Thénard's blue1837

iron blue1839

turnsole1839

permanent blue1863

opal blue1880

Haarlem blue1885

cyanine blue1886

cerulean blue1889

Victoria blue1890

Milori blue1899

Prussian1911

Windsor blue1912

gentianine1927

Monastral1936

Alcian Blue1947

1889 in Cent. Dict.

1962 R. G. Haggar Dict. Art Terms 71/2 Cerulean blue, a lovely, bright,..turquoise blue made from cobalt and tin oxides, first prepared in about 1860. It is..of great value for use in rendering atmospheric effects in landscape painting.

B. n.

1. Cerulean colour or hue.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > sky blue

azure1481

azury?1504

blue celest1535

sky colour1552

sky1668

sky blue1681

cerulean1756

cerule1830

celeste1875

ciel1910

1756 Gentleman's Mag. 39 Tinctured with a bright cerulean, then with a fine azure.

1835 New Monthly Mag. 43 299 The sky was clear and of the milky cerulean of chrysoprase.

2. humorous. A blue-stocking, a ‘blue’.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > one who studies > blue stocking

blue1781

bas bleu1786

bluestocking1786

cerulean1821

1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IV cviii. 125 Oh! ye, who make the fortunes of all books! Benign ceruleans of the second sex!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	cerulean
释义	ceruleanadj.n. /sɪˈruːlɪən/ Forms: Also cærulean. Etymology: < Latin caeruleus dark blue, dark green, applied to the sky, the sea (Mediterranean), but occasionally to leaves, fields: compare Welsh glas. In the modern languages always taken as deep blue. A. adj. a. Of the colour of the cloudless sky, pure deep blue, azure. Chiefly poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > sky blue azured1490 azure?a1513 sky-coloured1567 ceruleous?1578 sky colour1581 cerule1591 sky-like1594 ceruleal1634 azurne1637 cerulous1651 lazure1671 cerulean1677 sky blue1703 skyey1816 azure-blue1859 cerulescent1880 azurean1882 1677 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (rev. ed.) 129 (T.) Mosques and hummums with their cerulean tiles and gilded vanes. ?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 71 For Painting the best Cerulian or Blew colour in Oyl is. 6d. a yard. 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur iv. 95 He spread the pure Cerulean Fields on high. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 284 We..thro' cærulian billows plough the way. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 545 Her eyes cerulean rolled. 1847 R. W. Emerson Threnody in Wks. (1906) I. 487 Within the air's cerulean round. b. humorous = blue adj. 8. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > [adjective] > of women blue1754 blue-stockinged1791 bluestockingishc1822 cerulean1831 1831 Cat's Tail 28 Being cerulean (which so much the ton is). c. cerulean blue n. an artist's colour prepared from cobalt, a brilliant light blue pigment. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > blue colouring matter > [noun] > blue pigment > specific azurec1374 lapis lazulia1425 litmusc1503 verditer1505 florey1527 bice1548 smalt1558 smalts1591 smalt1598 ultramarine1598 litmus blue1612 verditer1665 ultramarine blue (or colour)1686 blue sublimate1700 Prussian blue1724 terre bleue1728 starch blue1742 king's blue1778 verditel1778 Antwerp brown1787 Berlin blue1794 lacmus1794 Antwerp blue1795 French blue1802 lapis1811 Waterloo blue1815 Waterloo1823 cobalt1835 Thénard's blue1837 iron blue1839 turnsole1839 permanent blue1863 opal blue1880 Haarlem blue1885 cyanine blue1886 cerulean blue1889 Victoria blue1890 Milori blue1899 Prussian1911 Windsor blue1912 gentianine1927 Monastral1936 Alcian Blue1947 1889 in Cent. Dict. 1962 R. G. Haggar Dict. Art Terms 71/2 Cerulean blue, a lovely, bright,..turquoise blue made from cobalt and tin oxides, first prepared in about 1860. It is..of great value for use in rendering atmospheric effects in landscape painting. B. n. 1. Cerulean colour or hue. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > sky blue azure1481 azury?1504 blue celest1535 sky colour1552 sky1668 sky blue1681 cerulean1756 cerule1830 celeste1875 ciel1910 1756 Gentleman's Mag. 39 Tinctured with a bright cerulean, then with a fine azure. 1835 New Monthly Mag. 43 299 The sky was clear and of the milky cerulean of chrysoprase. 2. humorous. A blue-stocking, a ‘blue’. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > one who studies > blue stocking blue1781 bas bleu1786 bluestocking1786 cerulean1821 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IV cviii. 125 Oh! ye, who make the fortunes of all books! Benign ceruleans of the second sex! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1677
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