terra verde

[ ter-uh ver-dey; Italian ter-rah ver-de ]

noun

1. green earth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of terra verde¹

Borrowed into English from Italian around 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Cortereal also found in a high latitude a country which he called Terra Verde.

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Aguto (John Montacute), which he painted in chiaroscuro of terra verde, and which is still in the duomo.

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To colour the mordant Cennino adds bole Armeniac, or terra verde, or verdigris green.

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At this period he painted several frescoes in the Carmine, and one in terra verde in the cloister of that church.

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On the wall to the right are some ruined frescoes in terra-verde by a scholar of Matteo.

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