azure Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a light shade of blue
    sky-blue; lazuline; sapphire; cerulean.
  2. verb color azure
    • Morning azured the village
  3. adjective satellite of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky
    bright blue; sky-blue; cerulean.
    • October's bright blue weather

WordNet

Az"ure adjective
Etymology
F. & OSp. azur, Sp. azul, through Ar. from Per. lajaward, or lajuward, lapis lazuli, a blue color, lajawardi, lajuwardi, 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.
Definitions
  1. Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
Az"ure noun
Definitions
  1. The lapis lazuli. Obs.
  2. The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color. "In robes of azure." Wordsworth.
  3. The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.
    Not like those steps On heaven's azure. Milton.
  4. (Her.) A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
Az"ure transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To color blue.

Webster 1913