viridadj.

Forms: Also 1600s viride.

Etymology: < Latin viridis green, blooming, vigorous.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvirid.

poetic and rhetorical.

Green, verdant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective]

greeneOE

verdant1581

verdurant1583

sinople1590

vernant1594

viricund1599

virid1600

deep green1609

evergreen1622

virideous1688

virent1830

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xii. xciv. 231 Her tombe was not of viride Spartane greet, Nor yet by cunning hand of Scopas wrought.

1658 H. Crompton Pierides 82 The virid Marjoram Her sparkling beauty did but see.

1794 T. Taylor tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece I. 61 There is, also, a temple of Earth the nurse of youths, and of virid Ceres.

1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 59 The pillars..blooming in virid ambiguity, like two massy evergreens.

1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 341 And as he spoke the virid bough upon Wound as he was, the dragon turned to stone.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	virid
释义	viridadj. Forms: Also 1600s viride. Etymology: < Latin viridis green, blooming, vigorous.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvirid. poetic and rhetorical. Green, verdant. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] greeneOE verdant1581 verdurant1583 sinople1590 vernant1594 viricund1599 virid1600 deep green1609 evergreen1622 virideous1688 virent1830 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xii. xciv. 231 Her tombe was not of viride Spartane greet, Nor yet by cunning hand of Scopas wrought. 1658 H. Crompton Pierides 82 The virid Marjoram Her sparkling beauty did but see. 1794 T. Taylor tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece I. 61 There is, also, a temple of Earth the nurse of youths, and of virid Ceres. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 59 The pillars..blooming in virid ambiguity, like two massy evergreens. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 341 And as he spoke the virid bough upon Wound as he was, the dragon turned to stone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1600
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