viridescentadj.

Brit.

/ˌvɪrᵻˈdɛsnt/, U.S.

/ˌvɪrəˈdɛs(ə)nt/

Etymology: < participial stem of late Latin viridescĕre to become green, < viridis virid adj.: see -escent suffix.

Somewhat green or virid. Also figurative.

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

greenisha1398

herbish1562

watcheta1609

willowish1653

greeny1657

viridescent1847

greensome1883

greenery1896

1847 W. Darlington Agric. Bot. p. xxxi/2 Viridescent, greenish.

1889 R. L. Stevenson Lett. (1899) II. 158 The front of the mountain ivied and furred with clinging forest, one viridescent cliff.

1907 Sat. Rev. 5 Oct. 420/2 Philosophers, like gods, may have a crude and viridescent old age.

1938 S. Beckett Murphy viii. 152 The..kites rode steadily..flown by the child. She could just discern them... For a moment they stood out motionless and black, in a glade of limpid viridescent sky.

1980 P. Hill Savages iv. 57 The mainly deciduous trees joined branches overhead so that Leo was walking in a viridescent gloom.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	viridescent
释义	viridescentadj. Brit. /ˌvɪrᵻˈdɛsnt/, U.S. /ˌvɪrəˈdɛs(ə)nt/ Etymology: < participial stem of late Latin viridescĕre to become green, < viridis virid adj.: see -escent suffix. Somewhat green or virid. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > greenish greenisha1398 herbish1562 watcheta1609 willowish1653 greeny1657 viridescent1847 greensome1883 greenery1896 1847 W. Darlington Agric. Bot. p. xxxi/2 Viridescent, greenish. 1889 R. L. Stevenson Lett. (1899) II. 158 The front of the mountain ivied and furred with clinging forest, one viridescent cliff. 1907 Sat. Rev. 5 Oct. 420/2 Philosophers, like gods, may have a crude and viridescent old age. 1938 S. Beckett Murphy viii. 152 The..kites rode steadily..flown by the child. She could just discern them... For a moment they stood out motionless and black, in a glade of limpid viridescent sky. 1980 P. Hill Savages iv. 57 The mainly deciduous trees joined branches overhead so that Leo was walking in a viridescent gloom. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1847
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