viridityn.

Brit.

/vᵻˈrɪdᵻti/, U.S.

/vəˈrɪdᵻdi/

Forms: Also Middle English vyridite, 1500s–1600s viriditye.

Etymology: < Old French (also modern French) viridité (= Italian viridità ), or Latin viriditāt-, viriditās, < viridis virid adj.

Now rare.

1. The quality or state of being virid or green; greenness, verdancy. Also in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

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

greennessOE

green?c1225

greenheada1325

greenshipc1390

verdurec1400

viridityc1430

sinople1489

flourish1594

deep green1601

verdour1610

verdancy1631

verdue1641

zinnober green1879

vernality1896

virescence1904

verd1915

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 78 God Almyghti..Hath florisshed the erthe on every side, The woodes and the medowes wyde, Withe grete habundance of vyridite.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 53/2 The matter of our woundes resolveth it selfe into viriditye.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 29/2 Ther remayneth somtimes a viriditye or greenes about the apertione.

1605 J. Dove Confut. Atheisme 90 The Bush bore the heat of the fire without losse of viriditye.

1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 304 The Soul of Man..was planted in the Element of Vertue, and while 'tis nourisht by it, it spreads and thrives with fruit and fair viridity.

1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) 238 This deification of their Trees, and amongst other things, for their Age and perennial viridity,..might spring from the manifold use which they afforded.

1875 Sat. Rev. 40 553/1 To mark more clearly the distinction between black and green tea, the practice has arisen of imparting to the latter ‘an obvious viridity’ by means of various pigmentary substances.

2. figurative.

†a. (See quot.) Obsolete. rare.In Phillips, etc.

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia (following Cooper) Viridity,..lustiness, strength, manliness.

b. = verdancy n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [noun] > innocence or inexperience

viridity1825

to see any green in one's eye1842

verdancy1849

verdure1861

1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. II. 314 What intellectual viridity that exemplary creature possesses!

1858 Chambers's Jrnl. 9 99 A desire to extenuate..my dear parent's viridity and trustfulness in the matter.

1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. I. viii. 264 The next in innocency;—may we say, in viridity?

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

单词	viridity
释义	viridityn. Brit. /vᵻˈrɪdᵻti/, U.S. /vəˈrɪdᵻdi/ Forms: Also Middle English vyridite, 1500s–1600s viriditye. Etymology: < Old French (also modern French) viridité (= Italian viridità ), or Latin viriditāt-, viriditās, < viridis virid adj. Now rare. 1. The quality or state of being virid or green; greenness, verdancy. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] greennessOE green?c1225 greenheada1325 greenshipc1390 verdurec1400 viridityc1430 sinople1489 flourish1594 deep green1601 verdour1610 verdancy1631 verdue1641 zinnober green1879 vernality1896 virescence1904 verd1915 c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 78 God Almyghti..Hath florisshed the erthe on every side, The woodes and the medowes wyde, Withe grete habundance of vyridite. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 53/2 The matter of our woundes resolveth it selfe into viriditye. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 29/2 Ther remayneth somtimes a viriditye or greenes about the apertione. 1605 J. Dove Confut. Atheisme 90 The Bush bore the heat of the fire without losse of viriditye. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 304 The Soul of Man..was planted in the Element of Vertue, and while 'tis nourisht by it, it spreads and thrives with fruit and fair viridity. 1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) 238 This deification of their Trees, and amongst other things, for their Age and perennial viridity,..might spring from the manifold use which they afforded. 1875 Sat. Rev. 40 553/1 To mark more clearly the distinction between black and green tea, the practice has arisen of imparting to the latter ‘an obvious viridity’ by means of various pigmentary substances. 2. figurative. †a. (See quot.) Obsolete. rare.In Phillips, etc. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia (following Cooper) Viridity,..lustiness, strength, manliness. b. = verdancy n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [noun] > innocence or inexperience viridity1825 to see any green in one's eye1842 verdancy1849 verdure1861 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. II. 314 What intellectual viridity that exemplary creature possesses! 1858 Chambers's Jrnl. 9 99 A desire to extenuate..my dear parent's viridity and trustfulness in the matter. 1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. I. viii. 264 The next in innocency;—may we say, in viridity? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1430
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