verdant

American  

[vur-dnt] / ˈvɜr dnt /

adjective

1. green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass.

   a verdant oasis.

   Synonyms:

   grassy, lush

2. of the color green.

   a verdant lawn.

3. inexperienced; unsophisticated.

   verdant college freshmen.

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verdant British  

/ ˈvɜːdənt /

adjective

1. covered with green vegetation

2. (of plants, etc) green in colour

3. immature or unsophisticated; green

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Other Word Forms

• unverdant adjective
• unverdantly adverb
• verdancy noun
• verdantly adverb

Etymology

Origin of verdant

First recorded in 1575–85; verd(ure) + -ant

Example Sentences

This year, somehow, I careened straight from verdant, crisp summer food — cucumber salads, crisp chicken Caesar wraps, yogurt bowls, smoothies — into the warm-orange-and-brown spectrum of winter.

From Salon

The acreage includes verdant fields, a lily pond, and mature trees.

From MarketWatch

“Autumn,” while sparser, has its subjects massed at the edges, offering a connection between the verdant periods that come before and the chilly days that lay ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Harmless? Look at the cover! A Collection of Melancholy Poetry. That is what the title promises. But ‘Made happy by the verdant scene’?

From Literature

The stagecoach rumbled off, and the four of them stood and gazed upon the verdant meadows of the valley of Heathcote, now spread before them like a lush green blanket laid out for a picnic.

From Literature

Related Words

• flourishing
• grassy
• leafy
• lush