Associations to the word «Lapis»

Wiktionary

LAPIS CALAMINARIS, noun. (mineralogy) calamine
LAPIS INFERNALIS, noun. Fused silver nitrate; lunar caustic.
LAPIS LAZULI, noun. (mineralogy) A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry.
LAPIS LAZULI, noun. A deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
LAPIS LAZULI, adjective. Of a deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats