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verded

UK/ˈvɜːdɪd/

verded adjective: verdant; made green.

Adjective

verded (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Verdant; made green.
    • The verded fields stretched as far as the eye could see.
    • Thy verded face, contaminates thy proouer, And with false showes [etc.] … Thou seem'st without more brighter than the golde Ten thousand vales of glistring showes decore thee [etc.]1618, William Lithgow, Poetical Remains, page 28

Examples of verded in a sentence

  • A hundred little towns and villages dotted here and there besprinkling the verded slopes like jewels to an emerald isle; […]1913, J. H. Hendren, “"Personal observations of Pellagra in Eastern Kentucky"”, in Kentucky Medical Journal, page 369:
  • […] Between the bowls a row of three verded copper candlesticks with white tapers and violet shades lend a pretty finish. […]1915, Voila McLemen, “APRIL ENTERTAINING: Why Not Have a Violet Luncheon?”, in Cooking Club Magazine, volume 17, page 5:

Origin of verded

From Late Middle English uerd (“the colour green”) (c. 1450), later verd (“green, verdancy”) (1603).

Questions about verded

What does verded mean?
Verded means verdant; made green.
How do you use verded in a sentence?
A hundred little towns and villages dotted here and there besprinkling the verded slopes like jewels to an emerald isle; […]
What part of speech is verded?
Verded is an adjective.
How do you pronounce verded?
Verded is pronounced /ˈvɜːdɪd/ (UK).

Words near verded in the dictionary

  1. Verde Island
  2. Verde Mary
  3. Verde Marys
  4. Verdecia
  5. Verdecias
  6. verded
  7. verdegris
  8. verdejo
  9. verdejos
  10. Verdelho
  11. Verdelhos

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