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verdancy

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ver⋅dant

  [vur-dnt]
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–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

Related forms:
ver⋅dan⋅cy, noun
ver⋅dant⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. lush, grassy.
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ver·dant   (vûr'dnt)   
adj.  

  1. Green with vegetation; covered with green growth.

  2. Green.

  3. Lacking experience or sophistication; naive.


[French verdoyant, from Old French, present participle of verdoyer, to become green, from Vulgar Latin *viridiāre, from Latin viridis.]
ver'dan·cy n., ver'dant·ly adv.
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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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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