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viridity

[ vuh-rid-i-tee ]
/ vəˈrɪd ɪ ti /
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noun

greenness; verdancy; verdure.
youth; innocence; inexperience.

RELATED WORDS

vigor, originality, inventiveness, novelty, brightness, shine, cleanness, inexperience, rawness, dew, youth, sparkle, greenness, innovativeness, glow, bloom, clearness, callowness

Nearby words

virgule, viricide, virid, viridescent, viridian, viridity, virile, virilescence, virilism, virility, virilization

Origin of viridity

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin viriditās, equivalent to viridi(s) green + -tās- -ty2
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British Dictionary definitions for viridity

viridity

/ (vɪˈrɪdɪtɪ) /

noun

the quality or state of being green; greenness; verdancy
innocence, youth, or freshness

Word Origin for viridity

C15: from Latin viriditās, from viridis green
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