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celadon

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"Pale green shade"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɛlədən/Sorted acdelnoStarts with CEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Pale green color often tinged with gray.

Word origin

Borrowed from the French céladon, from the character named Céladon, who wore pale green ribbons, in the novel L'Astrée by Honoré d'Urfé, from Latin Celadon, a warrior's name in Ovid's Metamorphoses, related to Ancient Greek κέλᾰδος (kélădos, “din, clamour”).

Used in a sentence

  • Eau de Nil (“water of the Nile”) is a tricky color to pin down precisely. It is a light-greenish hue, more saturated than celadon, less gray than sage.
  • [H]e stroked a soft blue cat with celadon eyes which had appeared from nowhere and now made itself comfortable in his lap […].

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