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ver⋅dant
[vur-dnt] 
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. |
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| ver·dant (vûr'dnt) adj.
[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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Verdant
Ver"dant\, a. [F. verdoyant, p. pr. of verdoyer to be verdant, to grow green, OF. verdoier, verdeier, fr. verd, vert, green, fr. L. viridis green, fr. virere to be green: cf. OF. verdant verdant, L. viridans, p. pr. of viridare to make green. Cf. Farthingale, Verjuice, Vert.]1. Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh; flourishing; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn. Let the earth Put forth the verdant grass. --Milton. 2. Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw; green; as, a verdant youth. [Colloq.]
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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).
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