verdure
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.ver·dure
noun \ˈvər-jər also -dyər\Definition of VERDURE
1
: the greenness of growing vegetation; also : such vegetation itself
2
: a condition of health and vigor
— ver·dur·ous \ˈverj-rəs; ˈver-jə-rəs, -dyə-\ adjective
See Examples of VERDURE
- <a good time to tour the wine country is when it is clothed with the verdure of midsummer>
- <a portrait of a fresh-faced teenage girl in all of her youthful verdure and irrepressible joie de vivre>
Origin of VERDURE
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from verd green
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to VERDURE
- Antonyms
- illness, sickness, unhealthiness, unsoundness
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