azure
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈæʒər/
:
azul celeste
- Ladies and gentlemen, these are lovely azure waters, exactly as the brochures promised!
Examples
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Down a cloud-smeared, azure sky, the sun slides like an egg yolk into the bay.
Academic text (1994) -
The parachute blossomed white in the azure sky, and the plane circled in a steep descent.
Fiction book (1993) -
As clear as an azure sky of deepest summer.
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Her wide eyes were the azure blue of a summer sky, with all the innocence of a child.
Fiction book (2000) -
The eastern sky changed slowly from mauve to azure to a clear, water-washed blue.
Fiction book (1994) -
The sky is an uninterrupted awning for an azure sea undulating in ever-decreasing motion to the horizon.
Fiction book (2000) -
Flocks of geese soared through the azure skies, their chevrons stretching endlessly to the south.
Fiction book (1990) -
The red and ochre stones contrast sharply against the clear azure of the desert sky.
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You can gaze for miles across the azure water of Standley Lake Regional Park.
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As clear as an azure sky of deepest summer.
Synonyms
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8.8
A deep blue color like a clear bright sky
2
3.7
A pale blue color with a slight grey tint
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1.8
A light blue like the clear sky on a sunny day
A light blue color like a clear morning sky
Compounds
- US
A long-lived plant with bright blue daisy-like flowers that blooms in late summer
How Blue
Surface Forms
Etymology
Azure as a color name began with the Persian lajvard, the name for the blue stone 'lapis lazuli', which came into English via Arabic al-lazaward. Since the stone and its paint were a vivid sky-blue, azure now means that bright, clear blue color.