See Also: mazarine(dictionary)

mazarine (iou)



mazarine noun & adjective. . L17.
[Perh. from Cardinal Jules Mazarin (1602-61) or the Duchesse de Mazarin (d. 1699). In sense A.1 perh. a different word.]
A. noun.
Hist. A deep plate, usually of metal, esp. one placed as a strainer inside a serving-dish. Formerly also mazarine dish, mazarine plate. L17.
In full mazarine blue. A deep rich blue. L17.
b. A fabric or garment of a mazarine blue colour. Now rare. L17.
In full mazarine blue. A Eurasian blue (lycaenid) butterfly, Cyaniris semiargus. E19.
b. adjective. Of a mazarine blue colour. L17.