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verdigrising

verdigrising is the present participle and gerund of verdigris.

Meaning of verdigris

Verb

verdigris (third-person singular simple present verdigrises, present participle verdigrising, simple past and past participle verdigrised)

  1. (transitive) To cover, or coat, with verdigris.
    • […] there were always some wretched musicians, with an old fiddle, an old clarinet, and an old verdigrised brass bugle[…]1853 August 4 – 1858 January 3 (date written), Nathaniel Hawthorne, Passages from the English Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Boston, Mass.: Fields...

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Questions about verdigrising

What is verdigrising the present participle and gerund of?
Verdigrising is the present participle and gerund of verdigris.

Words near verdigrising in the dictionary

  1. Verdiers
  2. Verdiesque
  3. verdigris
  4. verdigrised
  5. verdigrises
  6. verdigrising
  7. verdigrisy
  8. verdin
  9. verdine
  10. verdinexor
  11. verdingale

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