virid

Definition

Green, verdant.

Etymology

From Middle English viride (“verdigris”, adjective, noun) [and other forms] + English -id (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives and nouns). Viride is borrowed from Latin viridis (“green; (figuratively) fresh; lively; young, youthful”), from vireō (“to be green or verdant; to sprout new green growth; to flourish; to be lively or vigorous”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to procreate; to produce; to increase; to raise”). Doublet of verdant and vert.

Example Sentences

• "Her tombe vvas not of viride Spartane greet, / Nor yet by cunning hand of Scopas vvrought, / But built of poliſht ſtone, and thereon laid / The liuely ſhape and purtrait of the maid."
• "The palace here, and there a virid mound, / Confine a flow'ry ſpot of graſſy ground."
• "Virid fields would heave brownly under their ploughs; they would find that with practice it was almost as easy to chuckle as it was to cringe."

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