verdure
/ˈvɝd͡ʒɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[…] now he was / The ivy which had hid my princely trunk, / And suck'd my verdure out on't."
- "The five weeks which she had now passed in Kent had made a great difference in the country, and every day was adding to the verdure of the early trees."
- "To her belonged Amber Spring, the water which gave verdure and beauty to the village and made living possible on that wild purple upland waste."
- "Through the brazen hours that followed high noon, we crept onwards through a tunnel of glittering verdure."
- "This is itself a cheerless spot, particularly on a rainy day, when, overshadowed by the great massif of rock that towers in the background, and surrounded by the grey and cheerless quarries, it has a depressing character much in contrast with the green verdure encountered on the northern end of this interesting branch line."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English verdure, from Middle French verdure, from Old French verdure, from Late Latin *viridūra, from viridis (“green”) + -ūra (abstract noun-forming suffix).
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvɝd͡ʒɚ/
- British English: /ˈvɜːd͡ʒə/