verdigrisn.

Brit.

/ˈvəːdᵻɡriː/,

/ˈvəːdᵻɡriːs/, U.S.

/ˈvərdəˌɡris/,

/ˈvərdəˌɡri/

Forms: α. Middle English verdegrez, Middle English–1500s verdegres(e, Middle English verdegreys, 1600s verdegresse, verdegriese, 1600s–1700s verdegrease; Middle English–1500s verdegrece, 1500s–1600s verdegreace, 1600s–1700s verdegreece; 1500s–1800s verdigrease, 1500s verdigrese, 1500s–1700s verdigreese (1600s verdie-), 1500s verdigrece, 1600s verdigreace, verdigreece; 1500s verdygresse, verdygrace, 1600s virdigreace, virdigreese. β. Middle English vertegrez, Middle English–1500s vertegrece (Middle English vertagrece, 1500s verthigreace), Middle English vertgrez, vertgrees, 1500s vertgrese, vertgresse, 1600s vertgreece. γ. Middle English vert de grece, 1600s vertdegrease. δ. 1500s, 1700s–1800s verdegris (1500s verddegris), 1500s, 1700s verdegrise, 1600s–1800s verdigrise, 1700s– verdigris. ε. 1500s vargrasse, vergres(se ( wer-), vergrys, Scottish vern-, varngris.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French vert de Grece (c1170), Old French verte grez (13th cent.), vert de grice (1314), vert-de-gris (15th cent.; also modern French), lit. ‘green of Greece’: see vert n.¹ Compare medieval Latin viride grecum (14–15th cent.). The terminal syllable at an early date was no longer understood and hence underwent various corruptions of spelling and pronunciation.

a. A green or greenish blue substance obtained artificially by the action of dilute acetic acid on thin plates of copper (or a green rust naturally forming on copper and brass), and much used as a pigment, in dyeing, the arts, and medicine; basic acetate of copper.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > green colouring matter > [noun] > pigment or dye > verdigris

verdigris1300

green brassa1398

Spanish green1611

aerugo1664

verdigris water1668

verd-antiquea1835

α.

1336–7 in F. R. Chapman Sacrist Rolls Ely (1907) II. 92 In ij libris dim. de verdegrez empt., ijs. vd.

c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale (Corpus) 791 Ȝit wol I telle hem,..As boole armonyak, Verdegres, Boras.

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 619 Viride grecum, verdegrece.

1417 Foreign Accts. 8 Henry V (Public Rec. Office) Dj/2 Vermelone, Coperos, Verdegres, Vernysshe.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. xxxviii. 879 In the same wyse as Cerusa is verdegreys made,..and comyth of vapour of stronge vyneygre shed vpon plates of brasse.

1532 in E. Law Hist. Hampton Court Palace (1885) 363 3 sackes of verdygrace conteynyng 23 lb.

1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum Add. 259 Verdigrese, which as it is a colour for Painters, so it is a fretting poison.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §291 Metalls give Orient and Fine Colours..in their Putrefactions or Rusts; as Vermilion, Verdegrease, Bise.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. iii. i. 341 A sort of Native Verdegriese, from the Copper-Mines of Herngrundt.

1691 Brit. Patent 270 Verdigrease being a commodity of great vse in this our realme, especially for painting and dying, and never hitherto made here.

1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory ii. iii. 97 The Verdegrease which is made by the pressings of the Wine put upon Plates of Copper.

1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 292 That their process in salt-making would dissolve the surface of the copper, into verdigreese.

1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. iii. 107 The head of a Roman spear..of brass..and..encrusted with verdigrease.

β. 1300–1 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 502 In vertegrez, melle, atramento.c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale (Ellesm.) 791 Boole armonyak, vertgrees, Boras.a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 82 Wax and oile..dulle þe scharpnez of vertgrese, and vertgrese represseþ þeir putrefaccion and humeccacion.1487–8 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 412 Pro xj li. de colore viridi, anglice, vertagrece, xs. xd.1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 151 [Turpentine] is good for lepres, wyth vert gresse.1573 Treat. Arte of Limming 6 To temper Vertgrese, called Spanishe greene.1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise 82 Vert-greece is nothing else but the rust of brasse.1656 T. Blount Glossographia Verd-grease or vert-greece.γ. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 257 Take hony..& þan do þerto g .ij. of vert de grece. 1674Vertdegrease [see Compounds 1]. δ. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Aerugo,..verd degris: the rust of brasse either artificiall or naturall.1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 196 Gladyn pounde with a little Verdegris..draweth forth al kindes of thornes.1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 471 This is altogither artificiall, and is made of Cyprian verdegris or rust of brasse.1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum ii. 7 Half a pound of green coperas, [and] as much Verdigrease.1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 18 Corrosive drugs..Dry allum, verdegrise, or vitriol keen.1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 378 Here is a brassy scent in the air as of verdigris.1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus ii. 31 Scorpions are green, and water-snakes, and efts, And verdigris.1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1273 Verdigris is a mixture of the crystallized acetate of copper and the sub-acetate, in varying proportions.1853 J. F. Royle Man. Materia Med. (ed. 2) 172 Ærugo or Verdigris must have been early known, from the employment of Copper vessels.ε. 1505–6 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 187 For tua pund verngreis to him, xij s.1506 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 193 vj pund varngreis.1531–2 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 65 Pro duabus libris ly wergresse, ijs.1595 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 103 For vargrasse to dresse the oxe feete.

b. transferred. (See quots.) rare.

ΚΠ

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 186 There is no part of the Frog so medicinable as is the bloud... The same also being made into a Verdigreace, & drunke [etc.].

1844 T. Hood Turtles 116 He mention'd Aldermen deceased,..And speculated on that verdigrease That isn't poison.]

c. With qualifying adjectives (see quots.).

ΚΠ

?1750 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 2) clxiv. 98 One or two Drams of distill'd Verdigrease.

1755 Dict. Arts & Sci. (at cited word) These are the crystals of verdegrease, improperly called distilled verdegrease.

1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 339 Crystallized verdigrise or acetite of copper.

1855 J. Scoffern Elem. Chem. 490 Neutral acetate of copper is known popularly by the absurd term distilled verdigris.

1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 14 The bibasic salt or blue verdigris is prepared at Montpellier.

1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 15 Green Verdigris.

Compounds

C1. attributive, as verdigris blue, verdigris colour, verdigris water.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > bluish green

verditer1552

sea-green1598

blue-green1659

verdigris colour1668

verdigris green1794

beryl1834

pigeon's throat1868

duck's egg1876

peacock green1876

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > green colouring matter > [noun] > pigment or dye > verdigris

verdigris1300

green brassa1398

Spanish green1611

aerugo1664

verdigris water1668

verd-antiquea1835

the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > greenish blue

peacock colour1598

verditer1819

verdigris blue1832

robin's-egg blue1844

aquamarine1846

turquoise1853

verditer blue1857

bird's-egg blue1858

Alice1872

Nile blue1873

starch blue1875

cyan-blue1879

peacock1881

peacock blue1881

bird's egg1885

Gobelin blue1886

cyan1889

Nile1895

kingfisher1901

Alice blue1905

teal1923

aqua1936

teal blue1949

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iii. i. 129 His skin became of a Verdigreese or yellow-green colour.

1674 W. Leybourn Compl. Surveyor (ed. 3) 311 Vertdegrease water and yellow berry water make a transparent Green.

1758 in Dodsley Fug. Pieces (1761) II. 84 The Unwholesomeness of the Rust and Verdegrease Suffusions.

1832 T. Brown Bk. Butterflies, Sphinxes & Moths (1834) I. 213 A rich verdigris blue, of fine satiny lustre.

C2.

verdigris green n. a green of a bright, bluish hue; æruginous green.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > bluish green

verditer1552

sea-green1598

blue-green1659

verdigris colour1668

verdigris green1794

beryl1834

pigeon's throat1868

duck's egg1876

peacock green1876

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 28 Verdigris green—that [colour] in which no shade of yellow is perceptible, rather bluish.

1805 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals 9 Verdigris green is composed of emerald green, mixed with much Berlin blue, and a little white.

1896 G. M. Stisted True Life R. F. Burton ii. 31 That leek-like verdigris green which one associates only with early spring in the temperate zone.

Derivatives

ˈverdigrisy adj. of the colour of verdigris.

ΘΚΠ

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

glaucy1593

sea-green1603

wave-green1626

aeruginous1646

glaucous1671

eruginary1681

verdazurine1681

blue-green1704

bluish-green1754

caesious1835

verditer1857

verd-azure1876

verdigrisy1897

1897 C. Morley Stud. Board Schools 193 Can that bit of verdigrisy green be dried salt?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	verdigris
释义	verdigrisn. Brit. /ˈvəːdᵻɡriː/, /ˈvəːdᵻɡriːs/, U.S. /ˈvərdəˌɡris/, /ˈvərdəˌɡri/ Forms: α. Middle English verdegrez, Middle English–1500s verdegres(e, Middle English verdegreys, 1600s verdegresse, verdegriese, 1600s–1700s verdegrease; Middle English–1500s verdegrece, 1500s–1600s verdegreace, 1600s–1700s verdegreece; 1500s–1800s verdigrease, 1500s verdigrese, 1500s–1700s verdigreese (1600s verdie-), 1500s verdigrece, 1600s verdigreace, verdigreece; 1500s verdygresse, verdygrace, 1600s virdigreace, virdigreese. β. Middle English vertegrez, Middle English–1500s vertegrece (Middle English vertagrece, 1500s verthigreace), Middle English vertgrez, vertgrees, 1500s vertgrese, vertgresse, 1600s vertgreece. γ. Middle English vert de grece, 1600s vertdegrease. δ. 1500s, 1700s–1800s verdegris (1500s verddegris), 1500s, 1700s verdegrise, 1600s–1800s verdigrise, 1700s– verdigris. ε. 1500s vargrasse, vergres(se ( wer-), vergrys, Scottish vern-, varngris. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French vert de Grece (c1170), Old French verte grez (13th cent.), vert de grice (1314), vert-de-gris (15th cent.; also modern French), lit. ‘green of Greece’: see vert n.¹ Compare medieval Latin viride grecum (14–15th cent.). The terminal syllable at an early date was no longer understood and hence underwent various corruptions of spelling and pronunciation. a. A green or greenish blue substance obtained artificially by the action of dilute acetic acid on thin plates of copper (or a green rust naturally forming on copper and brass), and much used as a pigment, in dyeing, the arts, and medicine; basic acetate of copper. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > green colouring matter > [noun] > pigment or dye > verdigris verdigris1300 green brassa1398 Spanish green1611 aerugo1664 verdigris water1668 verd-antiquea1835 α. 1336–7 in F. R. Chapman Sacrist Rolls Ely (1907) II. 92 In ij libris dim. de verdegrez empt., ijs. vd. c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale (Corpus) 791 Ȝit wol I telle hem,..As boole armonyak, Verdegres, Boras. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 619 Viride grecum, verdegrece. 1417 Foreign Accts. 8 Henry V (Public Rec. Office) Dj/2 Vermelone, Coperos, Verdegres, Vernysshe. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. xxxviii. 879 In the same wyse as Cerusa is verdegreys made,..and comyth of vapour of stronge vyneygre shed vpon plates of brasse. 1532 in E. Law Hist. Hampton Court Palace (1885) 363 3 sackes of verdygrace conteynyng 23 lb. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum Add. 259 Verdigrese, which as it is a colour for Painters, so it is a fretting poison. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §291 Metalls give Orient and Fine Colours..in their Putrefactions or Rusts; as Vermilion, Verdegrease, Bise. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. iii. i. 341 A sort of Native Verdegriese, from the Copper-Mines of Herngrundt. 1691 Brit. Patent 270 Verdigrease being a commodity of great vse in this our realme, especially for painting and dying, and never hitherto made here. 1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory ii. iii. 97 The Verdegrease which is made by the pressings of the Wine put upon Plates of Copper. 1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 292 That their process in salt-making would dissolve the surface of the copper, into verdigreese. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. iii. 107 The head of a Roman spear..of brass..and..encrusted with verdigrease. β. 1300–1 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 502 In vertegrez, melle, atramento.c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale (Ellesm.) 791 Boole armonyak, vertgrees, Boras.a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 82 Wax and oile..dulle þe scharpnez of vertgrese, and vertgrese represseþ þeir putrefaccion and humeccacion.1487–8 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 412 Pro xj li. de colore viridi, anglice, vertagrece, xs. xd.1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 151 [Turpentine] is good for lepres, wyth vert gresse.1573 Treat. Arte of Limming 6 To temper Vertgrese, called Spanishe greene.1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise 82 Vert-greece is nothing else but the rust of brasse.1656 T. Blount Glossographia Verd-grease or vert-greece.γ. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 257 Take hony..& þan do þerto g .ij. of vert de grece. 1674Vertdegrease [see Compounds 1]. δ. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Aerugo,..verd degris: the rust of brasse either artificiall or naturall.1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 196 Gladyn pounde with a little Verdegris..draweth forth al kindes of thornes.1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 471 This is altogither artificiall, and is made of Cyprian verdegris or rust of brasse.1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum ii. 7 Half a pound of green coperas, [and] as much Verdigrease.1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 18 Corrosive drugs..Dry allum, verdegrise, or vitriol keen.1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 378 Here is a brassy scent in the air as of verdigris.1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus ii. 31 Scorpions are green, and water-snakes, and efts, And verdigris.1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1273 Verdigris is a mixture of the crystallized acetate of copper and the sub-acetate, in varying proportions.1853 J. F. Royle Man. Materia Med. (ed. 2) 172 Ærugo or Verdigris must have been early known, from the employment of Copper vessels.ε. 1505–6 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 187 For tua pund verngreis to him, xij s.1506 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 193 vj pund varngreis.1531–2 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 65 Pro duabus libris ly wergresse, ijs.1595 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 103 For vargrasse to dresse the oxe feete. b. transferred. (See quots.) rare. ΚΠ 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 186 There is no part of the Frog so medicinable as is the bloud... The same also being made into a Verdigreace, & drunke [etc.]. 1844 T. Hood Turtles 116 He mention'd Aldermen deceased,..And speculated on that verdigrease That isn't poison.] c. With qualifying adjectives (see quots.). ΚΠ ?1750 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 2) clxiv. 98 One or two Drams of distill'd Verdigrease. 1755 Dict. Arts & Sci. (at cited word) These are the crystals of verdegrease, improperly called distilled verdegrease. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 339 Crystallized verdigrise or acetite of copper. 1855 J. Scoffern Elem. Chem. 490 Neutral acetate of copper is known popularly by the absurd term distilled verdigris. 1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 14 The bibasic salt or blue verdigris is prepared at Montpellier. 1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 15 Green Verdigris. Compounds C1. attributive, as verdigris blue, verdigris colour, verdigris water. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > bluish green verditer1552 sea-green1598 blue-green1659 verdigris colour1668 verdigris green1794 beryl1834 pigeon's throat1868 duck's egg1876 peacock green1876 the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > green colouring matter > [noun] > pigment or dye > verdigris verdigris1300 green brassa1398 Spanish green1611 aerugo1664 verdigris water1668 verd-antiquea1835 the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > greenish blue peacock colour1598 verditer1819 verdigris blue1832 robin's-egg blue1844 aquamarine1846 turquoise1853 verditer blue1857 bird's-egg blue1858 Alice1872 Nile blue1873 starch blue1875 cyan-blue1879 peacock1881 peacock blue1881 bird's egg1885 Gobelin blue1886 cyan1889 Nile1895 kingfisher1901 Alice blue1905 teal1923 aqua1936 teal blue1949 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iii. i. 129 His skin became of a Verdigreese or yellow-green colour. 1674 W. Leybourn Compl. Surveyor (ed. 3) 311 Vertdegrease water and yellow berry water make a transparent Green. 1758 in Dodsley Fug. Pieces (1761) II. 84 The Unwholesomeness of the Rust and Verdegrease Suffusions. 1832 T. Brown Bk. Butterflies, Sphinxes & Moths (1834) I. 213 A rich verdigris blue, of fine satiny lustre. C2. verdigris green n. a green of a bright, bluish hue; æruginous green. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > bluish green verditer1552 sea-green1598 blue-green1659 verdigris colour1668 verdigris green1794 beryl1834 pigeon's throat1868 duck's egg1876 peacock green1876 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 28 Verdigris green—that [colour] in which no shade of yellow is perceptible, rather bluish. 1805 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals 9 Verdigris green is composed of emerald green, mixed with much Berlin blue, and a little white. 1896 G. M. Stisted True Life R. F. Burton ii. 31 That leek-like verdigris green which one associates only with early spring in the temperate zone. Derivatives ˈverdigrisy adj. of the colour of verdigris. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > bluish green glaucy1593 sea-green1603 wave-green1626 aeruginous1646 glaucous1671 eruginary1681 verdazurine1681 blue-green1704 bluish-green1754 caesious1835 verditer1857 verd-azure1876 verdigrisy1897 1897 C. Morley Stud. Board Schools 193 Can that bit of verdigrisy green be dried salt? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1300
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