azure

[ azh-er ]

/ ˈæʒ ər /

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adjective

of or having a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of a clear and unclouded sky.

Heraldry. of the tincture or color blue.

noun

the blue of a clear or unclouded sky.

a light, purplish blue.

Heraldry. the tincture or color blue.

the clear, cloudless sky.

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Origin of azure

1275–1325; Middle English asure<Anglo-French, Old French, ultimately alteration of Arabic al lazuwar(d) (by misdividing the initial l together with the article) <Persian lāzhuwardlapis lazuli

Words nearby azure

Aztec two-step, Azuchi-Momoyama, Azuela, Azuero Peninsula, azulejo, azure, azurite, azurmalachite, Azusa, azygospore, azygous

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How to use azure in a sentence

In Triglav, the largest protected area in Slovenia, rugged tree-strewn peaks fall away dramatically into mirror-clear azure lakes.
The 30 Best National Parks in the World|Patty Hodapp|February 25, 2022|Outside Online
From the property, birdwatch in the surrounding Sierra Madre highlands and spot endemic species like the pink-headed warbler and azure-rumped tanager.
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Another victim of over tourism was Croatia’s oldest and largest national park, Plitvice, famous for its insanely beautiful lakes of the most ethereal azure blue you’ve ever seen.
This Tourist Hotspot Is Open—and Blissfully Quiet|Lucie Grace|July 14, 2021|The Daily Beast
His piercing azure eyes are complemented by a new addition to his appearance: a septum piercing in his nose.
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Per Pale means that the Shield is divided vertically with one half blue (Azure) and the other half red (Gules).
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Softly tremble in the delicate blue mist and the azure spirals from his old Virginia clay—the domes of a sea-bathed city.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
In his verses he was frequently led from the mists and mud of Paris to the countries of light, azure, and perfume.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
The filmy, azure angles at the tip were straining to part, held together by just one drop of light.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa
It is in the most beautiful azure depths of the limpid water that this hideous, voracious polyp delights.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo
Gilt and scarlet and azure the palaces rose in every direction, under a wilderness of fluttering flags.
In Search of the Unknown|Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for azure

azure

/ (ˈæʒə, -ʒʊə, ˈeɪ-) /

noun

a deep blue, occasionally somewhat purple, similar to the colour of a clear blue sky

poetic a clear blue sky

adjective

of the colour azure; serene

(usually postpositive) heraldry of the colour blue

Word Origin for azure

C14: from Old French azur, from Old Spanish, from Arabic lāzaward lapis lazuli, from Persian lāzhuward

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