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verd antique

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
verd an-tique
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mottled green serpentine marble.

Uncountable

noun

A kind of green porphyry.

Uncountable

Etymology

From French vert antique (“a kind of marble”), from verd, vert (“green”) + antique (“ancient”). Compare Italian verde antico.

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Inflected Forms

verde antique (alternative)

Synonyms

verde antique

Questions

What does verd antique mean?
A mottled green serpentine marble.
Where does verd antique come from?
It is traced to French.

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