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verdure

noun
/ˈvɜːd͡ʒə/UK/ˈvɝd͡ʒɚ/US

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English verdure, from Middle French verdure, from Old French verdure, from Late Latin *viridūra, from viridis (“green”) + -ūra (abstract noun-forming suffix).

  1. derived from *viridūra✻
  2. derived from verdure
  3. derived from verdure
  4. inherited from verdure

Definitions

  1. The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery)

    The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself.

    • […] now he was / The ivy which had hid my princely trunk, / And suck'd my verdure out on't.
    • The five weeks which she had now passed in Kent had made a great difference in the country, and every day was adding to the verdure of the early trees.
    • To her belonged Amber Spring, the water which gave verdure and beauty to the village and made living possible on that wild purple upland waste.

  2. A condition of health and vigour.

  3. To cover with verdure.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA