Synonyms for azures


Grammar : Noun
Spell : azh-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæʒ ər

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Définition of azures

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Old French azur, asur, a color name, from a false separation of Arabic (al)-lazaward "lapis lazuli," as though the -l- were the French article l'. The Arabic name is from Persian lajward, from Lajward, a place in Turkestan, mentioned by Marco Polo, where the stone was collected.
  • As in sky : noun earth's atmosphere
  • As in heaven : noun place where god lives; wonderful feeling
Example sentences :
  • What azures, and emeralds, and Tyrians scarlets can be got into fibers of thread.
  • Extract from : « On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by John Ruskin

Antonyms for azures

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