verdigris

[ vur-di-grees, -gris ]
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noun
  1. a green or bluish patina formed on copper, brass, or bronze surfaces exposed to the atmosphere for long periods of time, consisting principally of basic copper sulfate.

Origin of verdigris

1
1250–1300; <Middle French vert de gris; replacing Middle English vertegrez<Anglo-French vert de Grece,Old French vere grez green of Greece

Other words from verdigris

  • ver·di·gris·y, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for verdigris

verdigris

/ (ˈvɜːdɪɡrɪs) /


noun
  1. a green or bluish patina formed on copper, brass, or bronze and consisting of a basic salt of copper containing both copper oxide and a copper salt

  2. a green or blue crystalline substance obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper and used as a fungicide and pigment; basic copper acetate

Origin of verdigris

1
C14: from Old French vert de Grice green of Greece

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