virid
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of virid
1590–1600; < Latin viridis green, for *viridus, equivalent to vir ( ēre ) to be green + -idus -id 4
Example Sentences
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Going about my flaneuristic rounds in New York this spring, I witnessed an unprecedented number of dudes sporting a virid variety of pants and shorts.
From Slate • Jun. 26, 2013
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!
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
The snake, entwining 'mid the virid boughs, Hard stone becomes, but keeps his serpent's form.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
Round the brink, Fed by the moisture, virid grass arose; And trees impervious to the solar beam, Screen'd the cool surface.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
On each side of us the trees rose like virid cliffs.
From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)
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