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azure
(æʒuəʳ)
colour
Azure is used to describe things that are bright blue.
[literary] ...an azure sky.
...warm azure seas and palm fringed beaches.
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azure in British English
(ˈæʒə, -ʒʊə, ˈeɪ-)
noun
1.
a deep blue, occasionally somewhat purple, similar to the colour of a clear blue sky
2. poetic
a clear blue sky
adjective
3.
of the colour azure; serene
4. (usually postpositive) heraldry
of the colour blue
Word origin
C14: from Old French azur, from Old Spanish, from Arabic lāzaward lapis lazuli, from Persian lāzhuwardazure in American English
(ˈæʒər)
adjective
1.
of or like the color of a clear sky; sky-blue
noun
2.
sky blue or any similar blue color
3. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
the blue sky
Word origin
ME asur < OFr azur (with omission of initial l-, as if l'azur) < Ar lāzaward < Pers lāzhuward, lapis lazuliImage ofazure
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Examples of 'azure' in a sentenceazure
Word lists withazure
blue(adjective)
Definition
deep blue
warm azure seas and palm-fringed beaches
Synonyms
sky blue
blue
clear blue
ultramarine
cerulean
sky-coloured
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