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azurn

azurn is the obsolete form of azure.

Meaning of azure

Adjective

azure (not comparable)

  1. Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.
    • When Britain first, at Heaven's command / Arose from out the azure main.1740, James Thomson, Rule, Britannia!
    Synonyms:
    cerulean
  2. Cloudless.
  3. In blazon, of the colour blue.
    • ‘I forget your coat of arms.’
      ‘A human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.’1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

See all 11 meanings of azure

Questions about azurn

What is azurn the obsolete form of?
Azurn is the obsolete form of azure.

Words near azurn in the dictionary

  1. azurite-malachites
  2. azurites
  3. azurity
  4. Azurmendi
  5. Azurmendis
  6. azurn
  7. azurocidin
  8. azurocidins
  9. azurophil
  10. azurophile
  11. azurophiles

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