Definition of verditer in English:
verditer
noun ˈvəːdɪtəˈvərdədər
mass nounA 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’.