verdantadj.

Brit.

/ˈvəːdnt/, U.S.

/ˈvərd(ə)nt/

Forms: Also 1600s verdent.

Etymology: < verd- (as in verdure) + -ant suffix¹, perhaps partly after Latin viridant-, viridans, present participle of viridāre, < viridis green. Compare also Old French verdeant (virdeant), verdoiant (French verdoyant).

1. Of a green hue or colour; green:

a. Of vegetation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective]

greeneOE

verdant1581

verdurant1583

sinople1590

vernant1594

viricund1599

virid1600

deep green1609

evergreen1622

virideous1688

virent1830

1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades i. 1 Chryses..With verdant crown, wherewith Apoll his seemely head had clad.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. H6^v The verdant gras my couch did goodly dight.

1633 A. Cowley Constantia 114 Th' verdant grasse was dew'd with many a teare.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 267 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors Fruit-trees,..which keep on their verdant Liveries all the year long.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 64 The Walks which before were covered with Nature's verdent awning..are now open to the Sun.

1764 R. Lloyd Capricious Lovers i. iv. 10 When eve embrowns the verdant grove.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 334 We soon discovered the profound and verdant forests which cover Celtic Gaul.

1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 337 Where ornamental hedges and other verdant architectural structures are to be grown.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. l. 474 Crowned each with its little verdant tuft,—ten radishes!

b. In other applications. rare.

ΚΠ

1649 R. Lovelace Grasshopper in Poems 35 Poore verdant foole [sc. a grasshopper], and now green Ice!

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 501 [The] Serpent..With burnisht Neck of verdant Gold, erect Amidst his circling Spires.

a1771 T. Gray tr. T. Tasso in Wks. (1814) II. 92 Here the soft emerald smiles of verdant hue.

2. Green with vegetation; characterized by abundance of verdure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective]

greeneOE

strongc1230

verdant1590

shrubby1598

shaggy1605

tufted1606

tufty1612

covered1632

vegetated1697

covert1707

verdurous1717

shagged1784

matted1791

vegetive1855

scrubbed1870

flourishing1883

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B5^v Streams of purple bloud new dies [sic] the verdant fields.

1647 J. Ogilby tr. Virgil Georgics iv. 322 Gliding Streams..Which border nigh the Quiver'd Persian Land, And verdant Egypt Marl with fruitful Sand.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 631 The parting Sun Beyond the Earths green Cape and verdant Isles Hesperean sets.

1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) xxiii. ii Where peaceful Rivers soft and slow Amid the verdant Landskip flow.

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 70 As I tread The walk, still verdant, under oaks and elms.

1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. x. 293 In the midst of a verdant and pleasing country, which enjoys a temperate climate.

1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh iv. 90 Like those verdant spots that bloom Around the crater's burning lips.

1868 M. E. Braddon Dead-Sea Fruit ii The verdant avenues and placid water.

3. figurative. Of persons: Green, inexperienced, gullible.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > innocent or inexperienced

verdant1824

sucking1842

1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XV xciii. 51 Because my business is to dress society, And stuff with sage that very verdant goose.

1854 Poultry Chron. 1 269/2 I spoke of simple facts in my own experience, and with the..object of warning ‘verdant’ purchasers.

1869 Punch 14 Aug. 57/1 Flush of his money and just as refreshingly verdant.

Derivatives

ˈverdantness n. rare verdancy.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Verdantness, a flourishing, bright, or lively Greenness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	verdant
释义	verdantadj. Brit. /ˈvəːdnt/, U.S. /ˈvərd(ə)nt/ Forms: Also 1600s verdent. Etymology: < verd- (as in verdure) + -ant suffix¹, perhaps partly after Latin viridant-, viridans, present participle of viridāre, < viridis green. Compare also Old French verdeant (virdeant), verdoiant (French verdoyant). 1. Of a green hue or colour; green: a. Of vegetation. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] greeneOE verdant1581 verdurant1583 sinople1590 vernant1594 viricund1599 virid1600 deep green1609 evergreen1622 virideous1688 virent1830 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades i. 1 Chryses..With verdant crown, wherewith Apoll his seemely head had clad. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. H6^v The verdant gras my couch did goodly dight. 1633 A. Cowley Constantia 114 Th' verdant grasse was dew'd with many a teare. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 267 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors Fruit-trees,..which keep on their verdant Liveries all the year long. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 64 The Walks which before were covered with Nature's verdent awning..are now open to the Sun. 1764 R. Lloyd Capricious Lovers i. iv. 10 When eve embrowns the verdant grove. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 334 We soon discovered the profound and verdant forests which cover Celtic Gaul. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 337 Where ornamental hedges and other verdant architectural structures are to be grown. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. l. 474 Crowned each with its little verdant tuft,—ten radishes! b. In other applications. rare. ΚΠ 1649 R. Lovelace Grasshopper in Poems 35 Poore verdant foole [sc. a grasshopper], and now green Ice! 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 501 [The] Serpent..With burnisht Neck of verdant Gold, erect Amidst his circling Spires. View more context for this quotation a1771 T. Gray tr. T. Tasso in Wks. (1814) II. 92 Here the soft emerald smiles of verdant hue. 2. Green with vegetation; characterized by abundance of verdure. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] greeneOE strongc1230 verdant1590 shrubby1598 shaggy1605 tufted1606 tufty1612 covered1632 vegetated1697 covert1707 verdurous1717 shagged1784 matted1791 vegetive1855 scrubbed1870 flourishing1883 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B5^v Streams of purple bloud new dies [sic] the verdant fields. 1647 J. Ogilby tr. Virgil Georgics iv. 322 Gliding Streams..Which border nigh the Quiver'd Persian Land, And verdant Egypt Marl with fruitful Sand. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 631 The parting Sun Beyond the Earths green Cape and verdant Isles Hesperean sets. View more context for this quotation 1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) xxiii. ii Where peaceful Rivers soft and slow Amid the verdant Landskip flow. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 70 As I tread The walk, still verdant, under oaks and elms. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. x. 293 In the midst of a verdant and pleasing country, which enjoys a temperate climate. 1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh iv. 90 Like those verdant spots that bloom Around the crater's burning lips. 1868 M. E. Braddon Dead-Sea Fruit ii The verdant avenues and placid water. 3. figurative. Of persons: Green, inexperienced, gullible. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > innocent or inexperienced verdant1824 sucking1842 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XV xciii. 51 Because my business is to dress society, And stuff with sage that very verdant goose. 1854 Poultry Chron. 1 269/2 I spoke of simple facts in my own experience, and with the..object of warning ‘verdant’ purchasers. 1869 Punch 14 Aug. 57/1 Flush of his money and just as refreshingly verdant. Derivatives ˈverdantness n. rare verdancy.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Verdantness, a flourishing, bright, or lively Greenness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1581
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