lazuline, adj.
Pronunciation:
/ˈlæzjʊlaɪn/
Etymology: medieval Latin lazuli genitive of lazulum meaning "rare"
ine - Forming adjs., repr. Latin -īnus, -īna, -īnum, added to names of persons, animals, or material things, and to some other words, with the sense ‘of’ or ‘pertaining to’, ‘of the nature of’, represented in French by -in masc., -ine fem., in English now usually by -ine, formerly and still exceptionally by -in. Examples are Latin adulterīnus adulterine, anserīnus anserine, asinīnus asinine, canīnus canine, dīvīnus divine, fēminīnus feminine, genuīnus genuine, lībertīnus libertine, marīnus marine, masculīnus masculine, supīnus supine; in some cases with blending of a previous suffix, as clandestīnus clandestine, intestīnus intestine, mātūtīnus matutine, vespertīnus vespertine.
Of the colour of lapis lazuli.
1877 C. Patmore Unknown Eros i. 3
Love's three-stranded ray, Red wrath, compassion golden, lazuline delight.
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