virentadj.
/ˈvʌɪərənt/ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [adjective] > fresh or new
newa1300
moistc1390
undiffadedc1430
green1585
youthful1594
virent1595
virgin1600
unhandleda1657
virginala1659
original1756
untrite1781
unclichéd1946
1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine iii. ii. 11 By reason of the fatall massacre Which shall be made vpon the virent plaines.
1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. Eivv Then comes the Deaw, and doth them recreate: Making them fresh, virent, and fortunate.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 94 In these [roots] yet fresh and virent, they carve out the figures of men and women. View more context for this quotation
a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) I. 23 For through ye Place is nothing witherd; but still-virent Bayes..Appeare.
2. Green in colour.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective]
greeneOE
verdant1581
verdurant1583
sinople1590
vernant1594
viricund1599
virid1600
deep green1609
evergreen1622
virideous1688
virent1830
1830 J. Wright Retrospect ii. 89 Let not the virent snake entwine thee round.
1837 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 4 107 The sun..illuminated its virent tints.
1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 490 One hand a staff of virent emerald held.
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