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lazuli

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laz⋅u⋅li

  [laz-uh-lee, -lahy, lazh-uh-]
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–noun
lapis lazuli.
Origin:
1780–90

lap⋅is laz⋅u⋅li

  [lap-is laz-oo-lee, -lahy, laz-yoo-, lazh-oo-]
–noun
1. a deep-blue mineral composed mainly of lazurite with smaller quantities of other minerals, used mainly as a gem or as a pigment.
2. a sky-blue color; azure.
Also called lapis, lazuli.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ML, equiv. to L lapis stone + ML lazulī, gen. of lazulum lapis lazuli; see azure
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