verdure
pronunciation
How to pronounce verdure in British English:
UK [ˈvɜ:djə(r)]
How to pronounce verdure in American English:
US [ˈvɜrdjə(r)]
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- Noun:
- green foliage
- lush greenness of flourishing vegetation
Word Origin
- verdure (n.)
- late 14c., "fresh green color," from Old French verdure "greenness, greenery, green fields, herbs," from verd, variant of vert "green" (12c.), from Latin viridis (source of Spanish, Italian verde), related to virere "be green," of unknown origin. Perhaps ultimately from a root meaning "growing plant" and cognate with Lithuanian veisti "propagate," Old Norse visir "bud, sprout," Old English wise "sprout, stalk, etc." Meaning "green plants, vegetation" is attested from c. 1400.
Example
- 1. The hills are covered with verdure .
- 2. The whole garden is covered with the verdure of early spring .
- 3. Birds rest in wild verdure where dusk forgets qin 's courts of yore .
- 4. The elms of court leys now were dark with leaves , and the heavy , close-fitting verdure gave quite a stately look to the house .
- 5. The five weeks which she had now passed in kent had made a great difference in the country , every day was adding to the verdure of the early trees .