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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

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

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

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!

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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