lap|is laz|u|li

lap|is laz|u|li
lap|is laz|u|li «LAP ihs LAZ yuh ly, -lee»,
1. a deep-blue, opaque, semiprecious stone used chiefly for an ornament and sometimes for preparing the pigment ultramarine. Lapis lazuli contains sodium, aluminum, sulfur, and silicon in a mixture of minerals. Formula: Na5Al3Si3O12S
2. deep or azure blue, the color of this stone: »

The sun was gold in a sky of lapis lazuli.

[< Medieval Latin lapis lazuli < Latin lapis stone + Medieval Latin lazuli, genitive of lazulum lapis lazuli < Arabic lāzuward < Persian lājward. Compare etym. under azure.]

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