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A word I never saw before. The alexi- part could be used in some interesting coinages. I couldn't access the site, got an error message.
The Celadon part is also interesting. Allegedly related
to character in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
cel[a[don 7sel4! d9n#, 3d!n8
n.
5Fr c=ladon, a delicate green, earlier, a tender lover, after C=ladon, the hero in Astr=e, romance by d‘Urfe (1610) < L (< Gr Keladbn), character in Ovid‘s Metamorphoses6 a pale grayish green
cel[a[don 7sel4! d9n#, 3d!n8
n.
5Fr c=ladon, a delicate green, earlier, a tender lover, after C=ladon, the hero in Astr=e, romance by d‘Urfe (1610) < L (< Gr Keladbn), character in Ovid‘s Metamorphoses6 a pale grayish green
cel[a[don 7sel4! d9n#, 3d!n8
n.
5Fr c=ladon, a delicate green, earlier, a tender lover, after C=ladon, the hero in Astr=e, romance by d‘Urfe (1610) < L (< Gr Keladbn), character in Ovid‘s Metamorphoses6 a pale grayish green
celadon
n.
5Fr c=ladon, a delicate green, earlier, a tender lover, after C=ladon, the hero in Astr=e, romance by d‘Urfe (1610) < L (< Gr Keladbn), character in Ovid‘s Metamorphoses6 a pale grayish green
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