azure

[AzĀ·ure]

Looking for a fancier way to describe the deep blue sky on a crisp fall day or the jewel toned waters of the Caribbean? Try azure.

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Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.

Noun
a light shade of blue

Verb
color azure; "Morning azured the village"

Adjective S.
of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October''s bright blue weather"


a.
Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.

n.
The lapis lazuli.

n.
The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color.

n.
The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.

n.
A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.

v. t.
To color blue.


Azure

Az"ure (?; 277), a. [F. & OSp. azur, Sp. azul, through Ar. from Per. l'bejaward, or l'bejuward, lapis lazuli, a blue color, l'bejaward'c6, l'bejuward'c6, 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 , the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite.

Azure

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

Azure

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

Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.

The lapis lazuli.

To color blue.

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