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Lapis Lazuli
/ˌlæp.ɪs ˈlæz.(j)ə.li/
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What does Lapis Lazuli mean?
noun
- A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine.
- A deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
adjective
- Of a deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌlæp.ɪs ˈlæz.(j)ə.li/
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/ˈlæz.(j)ə.laɪ//ˈlæʒ.ə.li//ˈlæʒ.ə.laɪ//ləˈzu.li/
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All day long it looks and feels like early morning; the sky is pale blue, with light broken clouds; the sea an inconceivably pure opaque blue—lapis lazuli, but far brighter.
While Gudea was gazing, he seemed to see a second man, who was like a warrior; and he carried a slab of lapis lazuli, on which he drew out the plan of a temple.
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But the walls were made of screens of marble tracery--beautiful milk-white fretwork, set with agates and cornelians and jasper and lapis lazuli, and as the moon came up behind the hill it shone through the open work, casting shadows on the ground like black velvet embroidery.