lapis lazuli blue

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• lapis lazuli blue — noun : a moderate blue that is redder and duller than average copen and redder and deeper than azurite blue, dresden blue, or pompadour * * * lapis lazuli blue noun A deep blue, sometimes veined with gold, used in decoration and in porcelain • •… …   Useful english dictionary

• lapis lazuli — Lazuli Laz u*li, n. [F. & NL. lapis lazuli, LL. lazulus, lazurius, lazur from the same Oriental source as E. azure. See {Azure}.] (Min.) A mineral of a fine azure blue color, usually in small rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lapis lazuli — (also lapis) ► NOUN 1) a bright blue metamorphic rock used in jewellery. 2) ultramarine, originally made by crushing this rock. ORIGIN Latin, stone of lapis lazuli , from Persian; related to AZURE(Cf. ↑azure) …   English terms dictionary

• lapis lazuli — or lapis [lap′is laz′yo͞o lī΄, lap′islazh′yo͞o lī; lap′is laz′yoolē΄, lap′is lazh′ yo͞olē΄] n. [ModL < L lapis, a stone + ML lazuli, gen. of lazulus, azure < Ar lāzaward: see AZURE] 1. an azure blue, opaque semiprecious stone, a mixture of… …   English World dictionary

• Lapis lazuli — La pis laz u*li . (Min.) An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color; also called {lapis}. Same as {Lazuli}, which see. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Lapis lazuli — Infobox mineral name = Lapis lazuli category = Rock boxwidth = boxbgcolor = caption = polished specimen of Lapis lazuli formula = mixture of minerals molweight = color = Blue, mottled with white calcite and brassy pyrite habit = Compact, massive… …   Wikipedia

• lapis lazuli — /lap is laz oo lee, luy , laz yoo , lazh oo / 1. a deep blue mineral composed mainly of lazurite with smaller quantities of other minerals, used mainly as a gem or as a pigment. 2. a sky blue color; azure. Also called lapis, lazuli. [1350 1400;… …   Universalium

• Lapis lazuli — Laboriously extracted from rock, lapis lazuli was brought with difficulty and danger from Afghanistan and Persia to provide a rich blue, known sometimes as azure, or ultramarine (i.e. beyond the sea, where the lapis came from), for scribes and… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• lapis lazuli — /læpəs ˈlæzjəli / (say lapuhs lazyuhlee), / laɪ/ (say luy) noun 1. a deep blue stone containing sodium, aluminium, calcium, sulphur, and silicon, and consisting of a mixture of several minerals, used chiefly for ornamental purposes. 2. sky blue;… …  

• lapis lazuli — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Latin lapis + Medieval Latin lazuli, genitive of lazulum lapis lazuli, from Arabic lāzaward more at azure Date: 15th century a semiprecious stone that is usually rich azure blue and is… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• lapis lazuli — [ˌlapɪs lazjʊlʌɪ, li] (also lapis) noun 1》 a bright blue metamorphic rock consisting largely of lazurite, used in jewellery. 2》 ultramarine, originally made by crushing this rock. Origin ME: from L. lapis stone and med. L. lazuli, genitive of… …   English new terms dictionary