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cerulean

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ce·ru·le·an  (s-rl-n)
adj.
Azure; sky-blue.
[From Latin caeruleus, dark blue; akin to caelum, sky.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cerulean - a light shade of blue
azure, lazuline, sky-blue, sapphire
blue, blueness - blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"
Adj.1.cerulean - of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather"
azure, bright blue, sky-blue
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue


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The cut of this gentleman's mustache, with the two premature wrinkles in the cheek above it, and the fashion of his garments, in which an exposed shirt-front and a cerulean cravat played perhaps an obtrusive part, completed the conditions of his identity.
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The moon, rising behind the rocks, unrolled a silver sheet on the cerulean carpet of the sea.
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The street that they were following suddenly opened upon a wide avenue, and before them spread a broad and beautiful lagoon, the quiet surface of which mirrored the clear cerulean of the sky.
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