ceruleadj.n.
/ˈsɪər(j)uːl/ poetic.
A. adj.
= cerulean adj. a.
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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
1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. H4 A foord, Whose cærule streame..Crept vnder mosse as greene as any goord.
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. iii. 5 Pellucid Onyx, cerule Tarqueis.
1757 J. Dyer Fleece ii. 48 The bark, That silently adown the cerule stream Glides with white sails.
1852 Fraser's Mag. 46 165 Those fir-clad hills, so softly pencilled 'gainst the cerule sky!
B. n.
= cerulean n. 1In quot. 1830 accented ceˈrule.
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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
1830 W. Phillips Mt. Sinai iv. 336 The Eternal..Dispersed his pillar through the deep cerule Of heaven.
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