Meanings
mazarine1
plural mazarines
- countableuncountableA dark blue color.
- not comparableOf a dark blue color.
mazarine2
mazarine3
Mazarine4
comparative more Mazarine · superlative most Mazarine
- Of or relating to Cardinal Mazarin (Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino; 1602–1661), Italian Catholic cardinal, diplomat, and politician.
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Origin
mazarine · noun, adjective
Perhaps from the name either of Cardinal Mazarin or of the Duchesse de Mazarin, but the Oxford English Dictionary states that the evidence is lacking and that it is not found in French dictionaries.
Full word history & related roots →mazarine · noun
Of obscure history. The Oxford English Dictionary notes that “Phillips 1706 mentions a phrase à la mazarine (not given by Fr[ench] lexicographers), used to designate a particular mode of dressing fowls, and possibly f[rom] the name of Cardinal Mazarin (died 1662) prime minister of France, or of the Duchesse de Mazarin, who died at Chelsea in 1699.”
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
mazarine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mazarine
“mazarine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mazarine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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