asure
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French azur, in turn borrowed from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward), borrowed from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
asure
- lapis lazuli
- ultramarine, azure pigment
- azure, blue
- (heraldry) azure, blue (tincture)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “ā̆sūr, n.(1) & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
Adjective edit
asure
Descendants edit
References edit
- “ā̆sūr, n.(1) & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
See also edit
whit | grey, hor | blak |
red; cremesyn, gernet | citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne | yelow, dorry, gul; canevas |
grasgrene | grene | |
plunket; ewage | asure, livid | blewe, blo, pers |
violet; inde | rose, murrey; purpel, purpur | claret |