Cerulean \Ce*ru"le*an\, a. [L. caeruleus.] Sky-colored; blue; azure. --Cowper. Blue, blue, as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. --Bryant.
cerulean adj : of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather" [syn: {azure}, {sky-blue}, {bright blue}] cerulean n : a light shade of blue [syn: {azure}, {sapphire}, {lazuline}, {sky-blue}]