cerulean

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 6, 2022 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>cerulean</strong> &#149; \suh-ROO-lee-un\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><em>Cerulean</em> means "resembling the blue of the sky."</p> <p>// The painting depicts autumnal trees bordering a <em>cerulean</em> lake.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cerulean">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"To our left, as we made our way along the trail, was an expansive valley enclosed by the <em>cerulean</em> heights of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a 550-mile expanse of the Appalachian Mountains." — Stephanie Hill, <em>The Herald-Dispatch</em> (Huntington, West Virginia), 3 Dec. 2021</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Cerulean</em> comes from Latin <em>caeruleus</em>, which means "dark blue" and is most likely from <em>caelum</em>, "sky."</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>