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verdour

verdour noun: verdure.

Noun (1)

verdour (countable and uncountable, plural verdours)

  1. (obsolete) Verdure.
    • He beareth Argent, three ſterued branches, ſlipped Sable, by the name of Blackſtocke. This Example is of different nature from all the former, thoſe bearing the ſignes of their vegetation and life, but this being mortified and vnueſted of the verdour which ſometimes it had ; […]1611, John Guillim, “Sect. III, Chap. VII”, in A Display of Heraldrie, London: […] William Hall for Raphe Mab., page 106

Noun (2)

verdour (plural verdours)

  1. (obsolete) A verderer.

Forms of verdour

pluralverdours

Origin of verdour

From Middle English verdour, a variation of verdure, from Middle French verdour, verdure.

From Middle French verdour.

Questions about verdour

What does verdour mean?
Verdour means verdure.
What part of speech is verdour?
Verdour is a noun.
What is the plural of verdour?
The plural of verdour is verdours.

Words near verdour in the dictionary

  1. Verdone
  2. Verdones
  3. Verdons
  4. verdoperoxidase
  5. verdoperoxidases
  6. verdour
  7. verdoy
  8. Verdu
  9. verdugada
  10. verdugadas
  11. verdugado

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