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verdure
noun
green vegetation, especially grass or herbage.
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More about verdure
- Verdure entered English around 1250–1300.
- Verdure comes via Middle English from the Middle French word verd, which means “green.”
- Related words with the same root include verdant, “green with vegetation,” and verdurous, “rich in verdure; freshly green.”
EXAMPLES OF VERDURE
- The painter captured the essence of summer by depicting a field of verdure in his masterpiece.
- Walking through the park, I couldn’t help but admire the lush verdure that adorned every corner.
Brobdingnagian
adjective
of huge size; gigantic; tremendous.
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- Brobdingnagian was first recorded in 1725–30.
- Brobdingnagian comes from the name Brobdingnag, a fictional place from Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.
- In Brobdingnag, everything was of enormous size.
- Its opposite in the book was Lilliput, where everything was tiny. Something Lilliputian is extremely small.
EXAMPLES OF BROBDINGNAGIAN
- As we hiked through the forest, we came across a Brobdingnagian oak tree that towered above all others.
- The construction of the skyscraper required a Brobdingnagian crane to lift and place each massive steel beam.
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Why Dictionary.com chose galore
More about galore
- Galore was first recorded around 1660–70.
- Galore comes from the Irish phrase, go leór, meaning “enough, plenty.”
- The go element roughly translates as “to,” and leór, which comes from the Old Irish word lour, means “sufficiency.”
EXAMPLES OF GALORE
- The party decorations were vibrant and colorful, with balloons, streamers, and confetti galore.
- When I entered the bakery, my senses were greeted with the delightful aroma of freshly baked goods galore.
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