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verdure

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ver⋅dure

  [vur-jer]
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–noun
1. greenness, esp. of fresh, flourishing vegetation.
2. green vegetation, esp. grass or herbage.
3. freshness in general; flourishing condition; vigor.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < MF, equiv. to verd green (see vert ) + -ure -ure

Related forms:
verdured, adjective
ver⋅dure⋅less, adjective
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ver·dure   (vûr'jər)   
n.  

    1. The lush greenness of flourishing vegetation.

    2. Vigorous greenery.

  2. A fresh or flourishing condition: the verdure of childhood.


[Middle English, from Old French, from verd, green, from Latin viridis.]
ver'dur·ous adj., ver'dur·ous·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

verdure 
c.1300, "fresh green color," from O.Fr. verdure "greenness," from verd, variant of vert "green," from L. viridis (cf. Sp., It. verde), related to virere "be green," of unknown origin. Perhaps ult. from a root meaning "growing plant" and cognate with Lith. veisti "propagate," O.N. visir "bud, sprout," O.E. wise "sprout, stalk, etc." Meaning "green plants, vegetation" is attested from c.1400.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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