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virid

[vir-id]

adjective

  1. green or verdant.

    the virid woodlands of spring.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of virid1

1590–1600; < Latin viridis green, for *viridus, equivalent to vir ( ēre ) to be green + -idus -id 4
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Example Sentences

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On each side of us the trees rose like virid cliffs.

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The snake, entwining 'mid the virid boughs, Hard stone becomes, but keeps his serpent's form.

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Lo! the wither'd branch, The boiling caldron stirring, sudden shoots In virid freshness! shortly leaves bud forth; And soon it bends beneath a load of fruit!

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Round the brink, Fed by the moisture, virid grass arose; And trees impervious to the solar beam, Screen'd the cool surface.

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