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azure

[ azh-er ]

adjective

  1. of or having a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of a clear and unclouded sky.
  2. Heraldry. of the tincture or color blue.


noun

  1. the blue of a clear or unclouded sky.
  2. a light, purplish blue.
  3. Heraldry. the tincture or color blue.
  4. the clear, cloudless sky.

azure

/ ˈæʒə; ˈeɪ-; -ʒʊə /

noun

  1. a deep blue, occasionally somewhat purple, similar to the colour of a clear blue sky
  2. poetic.
    a clear blue sky
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of the colour azure; serene
  2. usually postpositive heraldry of the colour blue
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of azure1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English asure, from Anglo-French, Old French, ultimately alteration of Arabic al-lazuwar(d) (by misdividing the initial l together with the article), from Persian lāzhuward “lapis lazuli,” perhaps from Sanskrit rājāvarta
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Word History and Origins

Origin of azure1

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

Mauve mountain peaks jut into the azure sky at the horizon.

From BBC

It’s made of blue, I don’t know what it is, azure of some kind, and gold, and that’s going to be the face of the watch.

But away from the azure coastline and sapphire-tinged urban centers, the state remains a battleground for several seats in the U.S.

He and his team found that both worlds are in fact a similar shade of greenish blue, despite the commonly-held belief that Neptune is a deep azure and Uranus has a pale cyan appearance.

People in plastic swim bands and floaties pack like sardines in the azure water.

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