lapis lazuli
Meanings
noun
- A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine.
- A deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
adj
- Of a deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
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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.
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