ever-greeningadj.

Brit.

/ˌɛvəˈɡriːnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌɛvərˈɡrinɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: ever adv., greening adj.¹

Etymology: < ever adv. + greening adj.¹, originally after German immergrünend (17th cent. or earlier). Compare earlier evergreen adj.

Of a plant, landscape, etc.: that is always growing or becoming green. Also figurative: continually growing or flourishing.

ΚΠ

1863 tr. J. B. Friedreich Symbolik und Mythologie der Natur in Continental Monthly Jan. 47/2 It [sc. ivy] is..as an ever-greening [Ger. immergrünende] plant, a type of life, love, and of marriage.

1927 Sandusky (Ohio) Star Jrnl. 18 Apr. 6 (advt.) There's a lure in the winding country roads bounded by the ever greening landscape.

1974 Ruston (Louisiana) Daily Leader 23 Aug. 2/1 The ever-greening popularity of Lawrence Welk..continues to confound..those who are supposed to be hep.

1986 Apalachian Heritage Fall 43/2 Sunshine mottling the bright and ever-greening trees.

2008 J. Willis Dreaming Me ii. 111 We..climbed thousands of feet into the ever-greening countryside of this remote mountain kingdom.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ever-greening
释义	ever-greeningadj. Brit. /ˌɛvəˈɡriːnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌɛvərˈɡrinɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: ever adv., greening adj.¹ Etymology: < ever adv. + greening adj.¹, originally after German immergrünend (17th cent. or earlier). Compare earlier evergreen adj. Of a plant, landscape, etc.: that is always growing or becoming green. Also figurative: continually growing or flourishing. ΚΠ 1863 tr. J. B. Friedreich Symbolik und Mythologie der Natur in Continental Monthly Jan. 47/2 It [sc. ivy] is..as an ever-greening [Ger. immergrünende] plant, a type of life, love, and of marriage. 1927 Sandusky (Ohio) Star Jrnl. 18 Apr. 6 (advt.) There's a lure in the winding country roads bounded by the ever greening landscape. 1974 Ruston (Louisiana) Daily Leader 23 Aug. 2/1 The ever-greening popularity of Lawrence Welk..continues to confound..those who are supposed to be hep. 1986 Apalachian Heritage Fall 43/2 Sunshine mottling the bright and ever-greening trees. 2008 J. Willis Dreaming Me ii. 111 We..climbed thousands of feet into the ever-greening countryside of this remote mountain kingdom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1863
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