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Adjective: azure  a-zhur [N. Amer], a-zhu(r) or u'zyur [Brit]
  1. Of a deep somewhat purplish blue colour similar to that of a clear October sky
    "October's azure weather";
    - cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue, cerule [literary]
Noun: azure  a-zhur [N. Amer], a-zhu(r) or u'zyur [Brit]
  1. A light shade of blue
    "The azure sky was dotted with fluffy white clouds";
    - cerulean, sapphire, lazuline, sky-blue
Verb: azure  a-zhur [N. Amer], a-zhu(r) or u'zyur [Brit]
  1. Colour azure
    "Morning azured the village"

Derived forms: azuring, azured, azures

See also: chromatic

Type of: blue, blueness, color [US], color in [US], colorise [Brit], colorize [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colour in [Brit, Cdn], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn]

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