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adjective
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of or having a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of a clear and unclouded sky.
2.
Heraldry. of the tincture or color blue.
noun
3.
the blue of a clear or unclouded sky.
4.
a light, purplish blue.
5.
Heraldry. the tincture or color blue.
6.
the clear, cloudless sky.
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Azure
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English asure < Anglo-French, Old French, ultimately alteration of Arabic al lazuwar(d) (by misdividing the initial l together with the article) < Persian lāzhuward lapis lazuli
1275–1325; Middle English asure < Anglo-French, Old French, ultimately alteration of Arabic al lazuwar(d) (by misdividing the initial l together with the article) < Persian lāzhuward lapis lazuli
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Example Sentences
- Above them the sky is black and studded with stars even at midday, and below them is the sunlit, azure sea of air.
- Azure seas and sandy beaches give way to rugged hillsides scented with thyme and rosemary.
- Below, twin azure lakes shine against the obsidian setting.
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Word Origin & History
azure
early 14c., from O.Fr. azur, from a false separation of Arabic (al)-lazaward "lapis lazuli," as though the -l- were the French article l'. The Arabic name is from Pers. lajward, from Lajward, a place in Turkestan, mentioned by Marco Polo, where the stone was collected.
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azure az·ure (āzh'ər)
n.
Any of various dyes used in biological stains, especially for blood and nuclear staining.
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