verd antique

American  

[vurd] / vɜrd /

Or verde antique

noun

1. a green, mottled or impure serpentine, sold as a marble and much used for decorative purposes.

2. any of various similar green stones.

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verd antique British  

/ vɜːd /

noun

1. a dark green mottled impure variety of serpentine marble

2. any of various similar marbles or stones

3. another name for verdigris

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Etymology

Origin of verd antique

1735–45; < French < Italian verde antico literally, antique green. See verdure, antique

Example Sentences

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verd antique

The interior of the church, now almost a total ruin, was divided into nave and two aisles by colonnades of seven columns of verd antique marble.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen

The ante-chancel is paved with blocks of red Griote and verd antique.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 by Various

In the latter they are of verd antique, and are finely carved on both sides.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen

This party consisted of some of the authorities of the city and some porters, bearing on a slab of verd antique a magnificent cinerary vase, that was about to be placed in the Campo.

From Henrietta Temple A Love Story by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

On either side of the central door is a window also framed in verd antique, the jambs of the windows being cut from old columns, and retaining the circular form on their faces.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen