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lapis lazulis

lapis lazulis is the plural of lapis lazuli.

Meaning of lapis lazuli

Noun

lapis lazuli (countable and uncountable, plural lapides lazuli or lapis lazulis)

  1. 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.1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Talisman, page 66
    Synonyms:
    lapis, lazuli, lazurite
  2. A deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.

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Questions about lapis lazulis

What is lapis lazulis the plural of?
Lapis lazulis is the plural of lapis lazuli.

Words near lapis lazulis in the dictionary

  1. lapis
  2. lapis armenus
  3. lapis calaminaris
  4. lapis infernalis
  5. lapis lazuli
  6. lapis lazulis
  7. lapises
  8. lapislazzuli
  9. Lapita
  10. Lapith
  11. Lapiths

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