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verdancies

[vur-dnt] Origin

ver·dant

[vur-dnt]
adjective
1.
green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.
2.
of the color green: a verdant lawn.
3.
inexperienced; unsophisticated: verdant college freshmen.

Origin:
1575–85; verd(ure) + -ant

ver·dan·cy, noun
ver·dant·ly, adverb
un·ver·dant, adjective
un·ver·dant·ly, adverb


1. lush, grassy.

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Verdancies is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Word Origin & History

verdant
1581, "green," from M.Fr. virdeant "becoming green," prp. of O.Fr. verdeiier "become green," from V.L. *viridiare "grow green, make green," from L. viridis "green" (see verdure).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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