#110 azure

azure- a deep, purplish blue

- C14 from Old French azur, from Old Spanish, Arabic lazaward- lapis lazuli

It had a hair-tie of a silver clasp with two matching silver chains ending in azure crystals.

He was resplendent in azure and emerald silks, overlaid with fine leather bindings and straps.

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