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azure
The definition of azure is a light, purplish blue color.
(noun)An example of azure is the sky on a clear day.
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See azure in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
of or like the color of a clear sky; sky-blue
Origin: ME asur < OFr azur (with omission of initial l-, as if l'azur) < Ar lāzaward < Pers lāzhuward, lapis lazuli
noun
- sky blue or any similar blue color
- Old Poet. the blue sky
See azure in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A light purplish-blue.b. Heraldry The color blue.
- The blue sky.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French azur
Origin: , from Medieval Latin azura
Origin: , from Arabic al-lāzaward, the azure
Origin: : al-, the
Origin: + lāzaward, azure (from Persian lājward, lapis lazuli)
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