azure

az·ure

A0562900 (ăzh′ər)n.1. a. A bright blue, as of a clear sky.b. Heraldry The color blue.2. The blue sky.

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[Middle English, from Old French azur, from Medieval Latin azura, from Arabic al-lāzaward, the azure : al-, the + lāzaward, azure (from Persian lāzhuward, lapis lazuli).]

azure

(ˈæʒə; -ʒʊə; ˈeɪ-) n1. (Colours) a deep blue, occasionally somewhat purple, similar to the colour of a clear blue sky2. poetic a clear blue skyadj3. (Colours) of the colour azure; serene4. (Heraldry) (usually postpositive) heraldry of the colour blue[C14: from Old French azur, from Old Spanish, from Arabic lāzaward lapis lazuli, from Persian lāzhuward]

az•ure

(ˈæʒ ər)

n. 1. the blue of a clear or unclouded sky; a light, purplish shade of blue. 2. the heraldic color blue. 3. the clear, cloudless sky. adj. 4. of or having the color azure. [1275–1325; Middle English asure < Anglo-French, Old French, ultimately alter. of Arabic al lazuwar(d) (by misdividing the initial l together with the article) < Persian lāzhuward lapis lazuli]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	azure - a light shade of bluecerulean, lazuline, sky-blue, sapphireblue, blueness - blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"
Verb	1.	azure - color azure; "Morning azured the village"color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
Adj.	1.	azure - of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather"bright blue, cerulean, sky-bluechromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

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