celadon

Meanings

Noun

• A pale green colour, possibly tinted with gray.
• A pale green Chinese glaze.
• A ceramic ware with a pale green glaze.

Adjective

• Of a pale green colour tinted with gray.

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.