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az·ure (az̸h′ər)

adjective

of or like the color of a clear sky; sky-blue

Etymology: ME asur < OFr azur (with omission of initial l-, as if l'azur) < Ar lāzaward < Pers lāzhuward, lapis lazuli

noun

  1. sky blue or any similar blue color
  2. Old Poet. the blue sky

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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