Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

verdaille

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-daille
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A method of painting or other work which employs only varying shades of green, or work executed with this method.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Unless the work of a skilled imitator, Pillement also executed an oil painting in monochromatic shades of olive green, called “Verdaille”, featuring a smaller procession of figures riding on elephants."
"Verdaille is a painting created entirely in green. Unlike other colourwork, in which a single hue is either tinted in lighter tones or shaded into darker tones, verdaille can involve many different hues."

Etymology

Compare French vert (“green”), as well as English grisaille or brunaille, from French.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: vert

Usage

Inflected Forms

verdailles (plural)

Questions

What does verdaille mean?: A method of painting or other work which employs only varying shades of green, or work executed with this method.
Where does verdaille come from?: It is traced to French.

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