Definitions for: Azure


[n] a light shade of blue
[adj] of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather"
[v] color azure; "Morning azured the village"



Webster (1913) Definition: Az"ure (?; 277), a. [F. & OSp. azur, Sp. azul, through
Ar. from Per. l[=a]jaward, or l[=a]juward, lapis lazuli, a
blue color, l[=a]jaward[=i], l[=a]juward[=i], azure,
cerulean, the initial l having been dropped, perhaps by the
influence of the Ar. azr-aq azure, blue. Cf. G. lasur,
lasurstein, azure color, azure stone, and NL. lapis lazuli.]
Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded
sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.

Azure stone (Min.), the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite.


Az"ure, n.
1. The lapis lazuli. [Obs.]

2. The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of
this color. ``In robes of azure.'' --Wordsworth.

3. The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.

Not like those steps On heaven's azure. --Milton.

4. (Her.) A blue color, represented in engraving by
horizontal parallel lines.


Az"ure, v. t.
To color blue.

Synonyms: bright blue, cerulean, cerulean, chromatic, lazuline, sapphire, sky-blue, sky-blue

See Also: blue, blueness, color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize

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