lapis lazuli
noun/ˌlap.ɪs ˈlaz.jʊ.laɪ/UK/ˌlæp.ɪs ˈlæz.(j)ə.li/US
Etymology
From Middle English lapis lazuli, from Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) + lazulī, genitive singular of lazulum (“lapis lazuli, azure, the sky”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli, azure”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard). Compare azure, of the same origin.
- derived from لاجورد
- derived from لَازُوَرْد
- inherited from lapis lazuli
Definitions
A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment…
A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine.
- He saw the amber silk curtains wave to and fro: the middle window was open; in it stood a pillar of lapis lazuli, which supported an alabaster figure, Canova's Dansatrice.
A deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
Of a deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
- I cannot convey to you the sheer and surreal scale of everything: the towering ship, the ropes, the ties, the anchor, the pier, the vast lapis lazuli dome of the sky.
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