verdant

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verdant

  • /ˈvɜɹ.dənt/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle French verdoyant, from Old French verb verdier, verdoier, from vert (“green”), from Vulgar Latin *virdis, from Latin viridis.

adjective more verdant · most verdant

  1. Green in colour.

    Similar: greenly, virid, greenish, greeny, verdant, verdurous, vert, virescent, viridescent

  2. Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation. It was a verdant and delightful valley, watered by a rivulet ...

    Similar: bosky, lush

  3. Fresh.
  4. Inexperienced. a verdant youth from the interior of Connecticut

    Similar: callow, raw, experienceless, inexperienced, unexperienced, fresh, green, new, punk, pup, strange, unpracticed

Similar: bosky, greenly, lavish, lush, verdant, verdured, verdurous, virid, viridescent · Opposite: barren, leaveless, unverdant

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adj abundant in verdure

Portuguêsverdejante
Françaisverdoyant, luxuriant
Deutschüppig, grünend
Italianoverdeggiante
Ελληνικάχλοερός chloerós
Românăluxuriant
Русскийзелёный zeljónyj

adj fresh

Deutschfrisch
Ελληνικάχλωρός chlorós
Românăproaspăt
Русскийсве́жий svéžij

adj green

Españolverde
中文青 qīng, 苍翠 cāngcuì, 葱绿 Cōnglǜ
Portuguêsverdejante
Françaisverdoyant, vert
Deutschgrün
Italianoverde
Ελληνικάπράσινος prásinos
Românăverde
Русскийзелёный zeljónyj

adj inexperienced

Deutschunerfahren, grün hinter den Ohren, unreif
Ελληνικάάγουρος ágouros
Românăageamiu
Русскийзелёный zeljónyj, нео́пытный neópytnyj

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@misc{verdant_2026,
  title = {verdant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/verdant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}