Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of a blue color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Azure.
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- adjective
sky-blue ,azure .
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Examples
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As the words 'azurn' and 'cedarn' are peculiar to Milton some hold that he adopted them from the Italian _azzurino_ and _cedrino_.
Milton's Comus John Milton 1641
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Shakespeare; ‘_yewen_’, or, according to earlier spelling, “_ewghen_ bow”, in Spenser; “_cedarn_ alley”, and “_azurn_ sheen” are both in
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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Thick fet with agat, and the azurn flieen Of turkis blue, and erarald green.
The Works of the English Poets.: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical 1779
qms commented on the word azurn
With passage of years we should learn
That night's not the time for concern.
Lay worries aside
For they will abide
And await when the sky turns azurn.
August 21, 2017
bilby commented on the word azurn
Smashing it this week, qms.
August 21, 2017
qms commented on the word azurn
Thank you, bilby.
August 22, 2017