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celadon

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈsɛlədən/ (UK)
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/ˈsɛlədən/ (UK) · /ˈsɛlədɒn/ (UK) · /ˈsɛləˌdɑn/ (US)

Definition of celadon

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)A pale green colour, possibly tinted with gray.
    “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.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)A pale green colour, possibly tinted with gray.
    “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.”
  2. (uncountable, usually)A pale green Chinese glaze.
  3. (uncountable, usually)A ceramic ware with a pale green glaze.

adj

  1. Of a pale green colour tinted with gray.
    “[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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Etymology

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”).

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