LAPIS LAZULI


Meaning of LAPIS LAZULI in English

[la.pis la.zu.li] n [ME, fr. ML, fr. L lapis + ML lazuli, gen. of lazulum lapis lazuli, fr. Ar lazaward--more at azure] (15c): a semiprecious stone that is usu. rich azure blue and is essentially a complex silicate often with spangles of iron pyrites--called also lapis

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