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   azure

   /ˈaʒə/

   adjective

   • 1. bright blue in colour like a cloudless sky: "thin streaks of cloud trailed across an azure sky"
   • ▪ blue: "a saltire azure"

   noun

   • 1. a bright blue colour: "a flash of azure drew my eye to a kingfisher"
   • ▪ the clear sky. literary
   • 2. a small butterfly which is typically blue or purplish.

   Word 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’).

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • A

     1

   • Z

     10

   • U

     1

   • R

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   • E

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