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

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 Van Millingen, Alexander

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 Van Millingen, Alexander

Pillars of verd antique stood on either side of the doorway, as if it were the portal of a temple.

From The Puritans by Bates, Arlo

Its supporting columns are of Languedoc marble clustered with smaller ones of Sienna and verd antique.

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

The pairs of columns, both below and above, are 73alternately verd antique and red Synnada marble, resting on bases of the blue-veined white marble from the island of Marmora.

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