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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

In Triglav, the largest protected area in Slovenia, rugged tree-strewn peaks fall away dramatically into mirror-clear azure lakes.

From the property, birdwatch in the surrounding Sierra Madre highlands and spot endemic species like the pink-headed warbler and azure-rumped tanager.

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.

His piercing azure eyes are complemented by a new addition to his appearance: a septum piercing in his nose.

Per Pale means that the Shield is divided vertically with one half blue (Azure) and the other half red (Gules).

Softly tremble in the delicate blue mist and the azure spirals from his old Virginia clay—the domes of a sea-bathed city.

In his verses he was frequently led from the mists and mud of Paris to the countries of light, azure, and perfume.

The filmy, azure angles at the tip were straining to part, held together by just one drop of light.

It is in the most beautiful azure depths of the limpid water that this hideous, voracious polyp delights.

Gilt and scarlet and azure the palaces rose in every direction, under a wilderness of fluttering flags.

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