azure
adjective
[ ˈaʒə ]
• bright blue in colour like a cloudless sky.
• "thin streaks of cloud trailed across an azure sky"
azure
noun
• a bright blue colour.
• "a flash of azure drew my eye to a kingfisher"
• a small butterfly which is typically blue or purplish.
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a blue dye): from Old French asur, azur, from medieval Latin azzurum, azolum, from Arabic al ‘the’ + lāzaward (from Persian lāžward ‘lapis lazuli’).
