mazarine

American  

[maz-uh-reen, maz-uh-reen, -rin] / ˌmæz əˈrin, ˈmæz əˌrin, -rɪn /

noun

1. a deep, rich blue.

2. a silver strainer fitting over a meat dish and used for draining the water from boiled fish.

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Etymology

Origin of mazarine

1665–75; < French, perhaps named after Cardinal Mazarin

Example Sentences

He looked relieved once the mazarine blues had flown free.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2020

Unlike other reintroductions in which he helped a surviving British species recover its former range, the mazarine blue had completely vanished from the UK.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2020

Over the course of about five minutes, White released 72 mazarine blues, a small butterfly named after the striking colour used in 17th-century porcelain.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2020

In January, White was in the midst of his most ambitious reintroduction yet: to return the mazarine blue to Britain.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2020

The poy-bird is less than the wattle-bird; the feathers of a fine mazarine blue, except those of its neck, which are of a most beautiful silver-grey.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis