AZURE
- Definiția din dicționar
Traducere: română
Notă: Puteţi căuta fiecare cuvânt din cadrul definiţiei printr-un simplu click pe cuvântul dorit.
Az"ure (?; 277), a. [F. & OSp. azur, Sp. azul, through Ar. from Per. l&ā;jaward, or l&ā;juward, lapis lazuli, a blue color, l&ā;jaward&ī;, l&ā;juward&ī;, 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.
[1913 Webster]
Azure stone (Min.), the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite.
[1913 Webster]
Az"ure, n. 1. The lapis lazuli. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
2. The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color. “In robes of azure.” Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]
3. The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.
[1913 Webster]
Not like those steps
On heaven's azure.
Milton.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Her.) A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
[1913 Webster]
Az"ure, v. t. To color blue.
[1913 Webster]