Dictionary

verdurous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəɹəs/
• /ˈvɜː(ɹ)djʊəɹəs/

Etymology

Originated c. 1595–1605, verdure + -ous, ultimately from verd (“green”), from Latin viridis.

Meanings

1. Freshly green; verdant; covered with verdure, or consisting of it.
   • The verdurous pasture...
   • The hill was blanketed in verdurous grasses.
   • a hall stood; o’er whose roof Fair clinging weeds with ivy pale did grow, Clasping its gray rents with a verdurous woof, A hanging dome of leaves, a canopy moon-proof. 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 271:
2. Having youthful or new qualities.

Forms

Deriveds

verdurousness · verdurously

Relateds

verdant

Synonyms

verdured · lavish · verdant · verdant · viridescent · verdurous · lush · lush · virid · greenly · bosky