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单词 verditer
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Definition of verditer in English:

verditer

noun ˈvəːdɪtəˈvərdədər
mass noun
  • A light blue or bluish-green pigment, typically prepared by adding chalk or whiting to a solution of copper nitrate, used in making crayons and as a watercolour.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The synthetic pigment, called green verditer, tends to have regularly sized particles with rounded edges.
    • In the 18th century the newly invented pigment Prussian blue offered an alternative to blue verditer.
    • The cheaper alternative of blue verditer was used in the larger and less intense blue areas like the sky.
    • In the 19th century, green verditer was used for both distemper and oil based interior house paints.
    • The case is the same with blue verditer, a preparation made from oxide of copper and lime.
adjectiveˈvəːdɪtəˈvərdədər
  • Of a light blue or bluish-green colour.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The tail-feathers are dark olive mixed with verditer green on the upper surface and changing to dull olive-brown.
    • The saddest thing in Kew Palace is neither the verditer green wallpaper with the black flock border, nor the specially woven carpets.

Origin

Early 16th century: from Old French verd de terre, literally 'earth green'.

 
 

Definition of verditer in US English:

verditer

nounˈvərdədərˈvərdədər
  • A light blue or bluish-green pigment, typically prepared by adding chalk or whiting to a solution of copper nitrate, used in making crayons and as a watercolor.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The cheaper alternative of blue verditer was used in the larger and less intense blue areas like the sky.
    • The case is the same with blue verditer, a preparation made from oxide of copper and lime.
    • In the 19th century, green verditer was used for both distemper and oil based interior house paints.
    • In the 18th century the newly invented pigment Prussian blue offered an alternative to blue verditer.
    • The synthetic pigment, called green verditer, tends to have regularly sized particles with rounded edges.
adjectiveˈvərdədərˈvərdədər
  • Of the color verditer.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The tail-feathers are dark olive mixed with verditer green on the upper surface and changing to dull olive-brown.
    • The saddest thing in Kew Palace is neither the verditer green wallpaper with the black flock border, nor the specially woven carpets.

Origin

Early 16th century: from Old French verd de terre, literally ‘earth green’.

 
 
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