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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-template-copy-14/
- Published: 2025-02-06T17:15:05.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-06T17:15:04.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

cerulean (adjective): resembling the blue of the sky

Source: [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cerulean?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology: Like azure, cerulean describes things whose blue color resembles that of a clear sky; it’s often used in literature (especially travel writing) to paint an enticing image of an even more enticing vista, as in “the cerulean waters of a tropical lagoon.” While azure is thought to hail from the Persian word lāzhuward, with the same meaning, cerulean comes from the Latin adjective caeruleus, meaning “dark blue.” That word most likely comes from caelum, meaning “sky.”

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