Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lavender-colored; pale-blue, with a slight mixture of gray.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Nat. Hist.) Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a
blue color verylow inchroma .
Etymologies
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Latin caesius ("bluish-grey"); probably akin to Latin caelum ("sky"); see celestial.
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I can add larcenious (for the more usual larcenous), aerious (which the 17th century used for aerial), and caesious.
nickmiller commented on the word caesious
This sounds like the color of a shark's underbelly.
May 7, 2007
koldewyse commented on the word caesious
Close:
"Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray."
January 8, 2008