- Verdured
- Verdured Ver"dured, a. Covered with verdure. --Poe. [1913 Webster]
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Verdured
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verdured — adjective Date: circa 1718 covered with verdure … New Collegiate Dictionary
verdured — ver·dured … English syllables
verdured — jə(r)d adjective : covered with verdure … Useful english dictionary
verdure — verdured, adj. verdureless, adj. /verr jeuhr/, n. 1. greenness, esp. of fresh, flourishing vegetation. 2. green vegetation, esp. grass or herbage. 3. freshness in general; flourishing condition; vigor. [1250 1300; ME < MF, equiv. to verd green… … Universalium
Verdurous — Ver dur*ous, a. Covered with verdure; clothed with the fresh green of vegetation; verdured; verdant; as, verdurous pastures. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grassy — Synonyms and related words: aestival, beryl green, berylline, blue green, bluish green, caespitose, chartreuse, chloranemic, chlorine, chlorotic, citrine, citrinous, emerald, foliaged, glaucescent, glaucous, glaucous green, graminaceous,… … Moby Thesaurus
verdant — Synonyms and related words: aestival, beryl green, berylline, blue green, bluish green, caespitose, chartreuse, chloranemic, chlorine, chlorotic, citrine, citrinous, emerald, foliaged, glaucescent, glaucous, glaucous green, graminaceous,… … Moby Thesaurus
verdure — [ və:djə, jʊə] noun lush green vegetation. Derivatives verdured adjective verdurous adjective Origin ME: via Fr. from OFr. verd green … English new terms dictionary
verdure — [vʉr′jər] n. [ME < OFr < verd, green < VL * virdis, for L viridis: see VERT1] 1. the fresh green color of growing things; greenness 2. green growing plants and trees; green vegetation 3. vigorous or flourishing condition verdured adj … English World dictionary
verdure — n. 1 green vegetation. 2 the greenness of this. 3 poet. freshness. Derivatives: verdured adj. verdurous adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. verd green f. L viridis … Useful english dictionary
