verdure

American  

[vur-jer] / ˈvɜr dʒər /

noun

1. greenness, especially of fresh, flourishing vegetation.

2. green vegetation, especially grass or herbage.

3. freshness in general; flourishing condition; vigor.

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verdure British  

/ ˈvɜːdʒə /

noun

1. flourishing green vegetation or its colour

2. a condition of freshness or healthy growth

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Other Word Forms

• unverdured
  adjective
• verdured
  adjective
• verdureless
  adjective
• verdurous
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of verdure

1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French, equivalent to verd green ( see vert) + -ure -ure

Explanation

Verdure is lush green foliage, the kind you'd find in a beautiful garden, in a park, or in a forest. Verdure is related to many words for the color green, and that's exactly what it means: greenery, and a lot of it, in nature. This word conveys a sense of life: think of a park where there's green everywhere you see. That's verdure. A forest will have even more verdure, and you could find verdure in someone's garden, if it's a big one with a lot of plants. Verdure is so brightly alive that it makes people feel good.

Example Sentences

What was the Flatiron market’s vegetable station, Le Verdure, has been turned into a counter serving pastas made in-house in preparations that represent many regions of Italy.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2018

The Air here is much softer than in the rest of Tirol, and I found Trees here in full Verdure while in the Country they were but just budded.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

This singular salute given and returned, it may be imagined that young Verdure retired.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829 by Various

The Cymæ, or Sprouts rather of the Cole are very delicate, ſo boil'd as to retain their Verdure and green Colour.

From Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets by Evelyn, John

M. Verdure would willingly have given the diamond ring on his finger to be able to hear what was said; but the roaring wind completely drowned their voices.

From File No. 113 by Gaboriau, Émile