vert
/vɝt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
Archaic; Countable; Uncountable
adj
Abbreviation of vertical.
noun
A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.
Example Sentences
- "The field of the arms (shield), which is vert (green), represents the open country of Great Britain."
- "“I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.”"
- "Theſe are Ani-mad-versions indeed, when a Writer’s words are madly verted, inverted, perverted, againſt his true intent, and their Grammaticall ſenſe."
- "Hippias not only came aboveground, he flew about in the very skies, verting like any blithe creature of the season."
- "A lady had ulceration of the interior of the body of the uterus, which was not flexed or verted:[…]."
- "For instance, all of the muscles of the eyes may be relatively weak. The ducting or verting power is not as great as it should be."
Etymology
From Middle English vert, borrowed from Old French vert, from Late Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Doublet of virid, which was borrowed directly from Latin.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: vert, virdis, viridis, vertere
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /vɝt/
- British English: /vɜːt/