verdigris

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verdigris

/ˈvɝ.də.ɡɹis/ US
/ˈvɝ.də.ɡɹi/ US
/ˈvɝ.də.ɡɹɪs/ US

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From Middle English vertegrece, verdegres, from Old French verte grez (literally “acidic green”), an alteration of older verte de Grece (literally “green of Greece”). The modern French writing of this word is vert-de-gris (literally “green of gray”).

noun verdigrises

countable, uncountable A blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals. Let's to^([sic]) the museum. Cannon-balls; arrow-heads; Roman glass and a forceps green with verdigris.
Similar: aerugo, green brass
countable, dated, uncountable Copper acetate.
Similar: Spanish green
countable, uncountable The color of this patina or material. Gamboge is one of the firſt yellows, which may be made to produce five or six ſorts of Green with verdegreaſe, according as the gambooge is in the greater or leſſer proportion; if it abounds, it will make a tolerable oak green, and being mixt with a greater quantity of verdegreaſe, it will make a fi
Similar: Spanish green

verb verdigrises · verdigrising · verdigrised

transitive To cover, or coat, with verdigris. […] there were always some wretched musicians, with an old fiddle, an old clarinet, and an old verdigrised brass bugle[…]

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noun blue-green patina on copper and copper alloys

Español	cardenillo
한국어	녹청 nokcheong
日本語	緑青 rokushō
中文	铜绿 tónglǜ
हिन्दी	ज़ंगार zaṅgār, पितराई pitrāī, काई kāī, ताम्रकिट्ट tāmrakiṭṭ
Português	azinhavre, verdete
Français	vert-de-gris
Deutsch	Grünspan
Italiano	verderame
Русский	ярь-медя́нка jarʹ-medjánka, медя́нка medjánka
Tiếng Việt	gỉ đồng

noun copper acetate

Português	verdete
العربية	زِنْجَار zinjār

noun color

日本語	緑青色 rokushōiro
Tiếng Việt	màu xanh đồng, màu gỉ đồng
العربية	زِنْجَارِيّ zinjāriyy

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@misc{verdigris_2026,
  title = {verdigris},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/verdigris},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}