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caerulean

caerulean is the alternative spelling of cerulean.

Meaning of cerulean

Adjective

cerulean (comparative more cerulean, superlative most cerulean)

  1. Sky-blue.
    • As 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.1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter II, in The Understanding Heart

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Forms of caerulean

comparativemore caerulean
superlativemost caerulean

Questions about caerulean

What is caerulean the alternative spelling of?
Caerulean is the alternative spelling of cerulean.

Words near caerulean in the dictionary

  1. Caernarvonshire
  2. Caerns
  3. caerphilly
  4. caers
  5. Caersws
  6. caerulean
  7. caerulein
  8. caeruleins
  9. caerulescent
  10. caeruletide
  11. caerulin

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