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viridity
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun viridity has 1 sense
- viridity(n = noun.attribute) green, greenness - green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass; Array is a kind of chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
has particulars: greenishness, sea green, sage green, bottle green, chrome green, emerald, olive-green, olive green, chartreuse, paris green, pea green, yellow green, yellowish green, blue green, bluish green, teal, jade, jade green
CIDE DICTIONARY
viridity, n. [L. viriditas, fr. viridis green: cf. F. viridité. See Verdant.].
- Greenness; verdure; the color of grass and foliage. [1913 Webster]
- Freshness; soundness. Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
viridity, n. literary greenness, verdancy.
Etymology
ME f. OF viridit{eacute} or L viriditas f. viridis: see VIRIDIAN
ROGET THESAURUS
viridity
Greenness
N greenness, green, blue and yellow, vert, emerald, verd antique, verdigris, malachite, beryl, aquamarine, absinthe, cr=eme de menthe, terre verte, verditer, verdine, copperas, greenness, verdure, viridity, viridescence, verditure, glaucoma, rokunaisho, green, verdant, glaucous, olive, olive green, green as grass, verdurous, emerald green, pea green, grass green, apple green, sea green, olive green, bottle green, coke bottle green, greenish, virent, virescent, green (learner), new, inexperienced, novice, (unskillful), green (ill, sick), green with envy, the green grass of Ireland, the wearing of the green.
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