verdant

Use Verdant in a sentence

adjective

green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.

of the color green: a verdant lawn.

inexperienced; unsophisticated: verdant college freshmen.

Origin:
1575–85; verd(ure) + -ant

Related forms

ver·dan·cy, noun

ver·dant·ly, adverb

un·ver·dant, adjective

un·ver·dant·ly, adverb

Synonyms
1. lush, grassy.

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verdant (ˈvɜːd^ənt)

—*adj*
1.	covered with green vegetation
2.	(of plants, etc) green in colour
3.	immature or unsophisticated; green

[C16: from Old French verdoyant, from verdoyer to become green, from Old French verd green, from Latin viridis, from virēre to be green]

'verdancy

—n

'verdantly

—*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).

Example sentences

But the unusually warm season has left the green roof verdant and flush with food.

Lots of eucalyptus and oak and flowers make the place verdant and lush.

Their home is perched high on a green hillside, and from the back the ground

plunges into a verdant valley of palm branches.

The countryside is lush, with rolling hills, and tea bushes nestled under

verdant green trees.

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