azures

noun

(countable and uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.

(heraldry) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.

Any of various widely distributed lycaenid butterflies of the genus Celastrina.

Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus Ogyris.

Lapis lazuli.

A surname.

(poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.

verb

(transitive) To colour blue.

adjective

Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.

(heraldry) In blazon, of the colour blue.

Cloudless.

Roots

lazwardazure- · Persian · lapis lazuli, blue

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