verdurous

[ vur-jer-uhs ]

/ ˈvɜr dʒər əs /

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adjective

rich in verdure; freshly green; verdant.

covered with verdure, as places.

consisting of verdure.

of, relating to, or characteristic of verdure.

Origin of verdurous

First recorded in 1595–1605; verdure + -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM verdurous

ver·dur·ous·ness, nounun·ver·dur·ous, adjectiveun·ver·dur·ous·ness, noun

Words nearby verdurous

verdigris toadstool, verdin, verditer, Verdun, verdure, verdurous, verecund, Vereeniging, Verein, Vereshchagin, verge

Example sentences from the Web for verdurous

We had suddenly passed from a wilderness of waters into a verdurous, sunlit landscape, where scarcely any water was visible.
Fresh Fields|John Burroughs
How gladly would he have dreamed away the remainder of the day out here under the verdurous shade!
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2|Ernst Eckstein
A mile away Hareshaw Lynn comes tumbling down, between seamed cliffs and verdurous precipices.
The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast|Various
M. Forgues regretfully leaves this little colony, so peaceful and verdurous.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875|Various

We lay beside a verdurous islet, between it and a green shore.
1492|Mary Johnston