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ver·dant    Audio Help   [vur-dnt] Pronunciation Key
–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

1. lush, grassy.
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ver·dant    Audio Help   (vûr'dnt)  Pronunciation Key 
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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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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verdant

adjective
characterized by abundance of verdure 

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Verdant

Far"thin*gale\, n. [OE. vardingale, fardingale, fr. OF. vertugale, verdugade, F. vertugade, vertugadin, from Sp. verdugado, being named from its hoops, fr. verdugo a young shoot of tree, fr. verde green, fr. L. viridis. See Verdant.] A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat.

We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . With ruffs and cuffs, and farthingales and things. --Shak.
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