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Definition of Celadon
1. n. A pale sea-green color; also, porcelain or fine pottery of this tint.
Definition of Celadon
1. Noun. A pale green colour or tinted with gray. ¹
2. Noun. A pale green Chinese glaze. ¹
3. Noun. A ceramic ware with a pale green glaze. ¹
4. Adjective. Of a pale green colour tinted with gray. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Celadon
1. a pale green color [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Celadon
Literary usage of Celadon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse for the by William Scott (1820)
"celadon and Amelia.—IB. They lov'd. But such their guiltless passion was, " As,
in the dawn of time, inform'd the heart Of innocence and ..."
2. The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated by John Colin Dunlop (1876)
"The shepherds of Lignon formed a tomb for celadon, to procure repose to his
wandering shade, and shepherdesses gathered flowers, which they strewed on the ..."
3. Lessons in Elocution: Or, a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse for the by William Scott (1823)
"celadon and Amelia. YOUNG celadon And his Amelia were a matchless pair, With
equal virtue form'd, and equal grace ; The same distinguish^ by their sex alone ..."
4. China: Its History, Arts and Literature by Frank Brinkley (1902)
"... I THE celadon Chapter IV THE celadon far, this examination of early Chinese
wares may be said to have led to three conclusions. ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1868)
"celadon. UR celadon? He of the apple cheek And soft, girl eyes ? Nay, but he had
a heart Chivalric both in tenderness and strength, And might have played in ..."
6. The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland: Being a Record of Excavation and by James Theodore Bent (1892)
"... and still by the Arabians—namely, a few fragments of celadon pottery from
China, of Persian ware, an undoubted specimen of Arabian glass, ..."
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