lazuli

Thân thiện

A jeweler carefully sets a lazuli into a silver pendant.

Definition

Noun: 1. A deep blue, semi-precious stone: "Lazuli" refers to a gemstone, specifically lapis lazuli, which is prized for its intense azure or ultramarine blue color, often flecked with golden-colored pyrite.

Usage

• As a material or substance: The word is most commonly used in the compound term "lapis lazuli" to describe the stone itself.
  • The ancient Egyptians used powdered lazuli to create blue pigment.
  • The necklace was made of beads of pure lazuli.
• Referring to the color: It can be used attributively to describe a shade of blue reminiscent of the stone.
  • She painted the sky a brilliant lazuli blue.

Advanced Usage

• "Lapis lazuli": This is the full, most precise term for the stone. "Lapis" is Latin for "stone," so "lapis lazuli" literally means "stone of azure."
  • The museum displayed a scarab carved from lapis lazuli.

Variants and Related Words

• Lapis lazuli (n): The full name of the gemstone.
• Lazuline (adj): Having the blue color of lapis lazuli; azure.
  • The lazuline waters of the Mediterranean.

Synonyms

• Lapis lazuli
• Azure stone (descriptive)

Notes on Meaning

The word "lazuli" is almost never used in isolation in modern English outside of a gemological or artistic context. Its primary function is as part of the term "lapis lazuli." When used alone, it is understood to be a shortened form referring to that specific stone.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an azure blue semiprecious stone

Từ đồng nghĩa

• lapis lazuli