Cyanean

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Characterized by a deep blue or blue-green coloration, resembling the hue of cyan
2. Exhibiting a strong tint of blue or teal, similar to the shade known as cyan
3. Displaying a vibrant blue to green-blue color, reminiscent of cyan tones

Etymology: "Cyanean" is simply "cyan" with the suffix "-ean" attached, and the suffix is what gives the word its shape. "Cyan" comes from Greek "kyanos," meaning dark blue, a word that could also refer to the dark blue enamel or lapis-like stones used in ancient work and to the blue-black of a dark sea. Modern English took "cyan" as a name for the greenish-blue primary colour used in printing and screens, and "-ean" is an adjective-forming ending, the same one found in words like "Cretan" or "Mediterranean," meaning "of or relating to" the base. So "cyanean" describes something of the colour family that "cyan" names, shading toward deep blue or blue-green.