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virid¹

  • /ˈvɪɹɪd/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ɪɹɪd

Where it comes from

From Middle English viride (“verdigris”, adjective, noun) [and other forms] + English -id (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives and nouns). Viride is borrowed from Latin viridis (“green; (figuratively) fresh; lively; young, youthful”), from vireō (“to be green or verdant; to sprout new green growth; to flourish; to be lively or vigorous”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to procreate; to produce; to increase; to raise”). Doublet of verdant and vert.

adjective more virid · most virid

  1. literary, poetic Green, verdant. Her tombe vvas not of viride Spartane greet, / Nor yet by cunning hand of Scopas vvrought, / But built of poliſht ſtone, and thereon laid / The liuely ſhape and purtrait of the maid.

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

noun

  1. literary, poetic, rare, uncountable A green colour. In January 1208 the king ordered for a chaplain a robe of virid or burnet with a hood of coney skin 'like our other chaplains', […]

virid²

  • /ˈvaɪɹɪd/ US, UK

Rhymes with -aɪɹɪd

Where it comes from

PIE word

*wisós

Either:

* from virus + -id (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives and nouns); or

* from translingual viridae (“grouping of viruses”) + English -id; viridae is derived from Latin virus (“poison; venom; (New Latin) virus (infectious organism)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison; slime”)) + translingual -idae (suffix forming names of families of animals).

noun virids

  1. in plural Any of a group of related viruses.

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@misc{virid_2026,
  title = {virid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/virid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}