Meanings
comparative more verdant · superlative most verdant
- Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation.
A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.
1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC2 more examples
It was a verdant and delightful valley, watered by a rivulet ...
1796, Francois Le Vaillant, New Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa By Way of the Cape of Good Hope in the Years 1783, 84 and 85, G.G. And J. Robinson, page 224O trees, grasses and plants that in this spot do dwell so verdant, tall, abundant, if you find no joy in my ill then hear my honest complaints.
Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 206 - Inexperienced.
a verdant youth from the interior of Connecticut
Synonyms: callow, raw, callow, experienceless, inexperienced, unexperienced, fresh, green
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveGreen in colour.
adjectiveInexperienced.
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adjectivecharacterized by abundance of verdure
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinviridis
- Middle Frenchverdoyant
- Englishverdant
From Middle French verdoyant, from Old French verb verdier, verdoier, from vert (“green”), from Vulgar Latin *virdis, from Latin viridis.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian зелен, свеж
- зелен (zelen)abundant in verdure
- свеж (svež)fresh
- зелен (zelen)green
- свеж (svež)green
- незрял (nezrjal)inexperienced
- неопитен (neopiten)inexperienced
Chinese Mandarin 青, 苍翠
- 青 (qīng)green
- 苍翠 (cāngcuì)green
- 葱绿 (Cōnglǜ)green
Dutch weelderig, vers
- weelderigabundant in verdure
- versfresh
- frisfresh
- groengreen
- onervareninexperienced
Finnish vihanta, vehreä
- vihantaabundant in verdure
- vehreäabundant in verdure
- reheväabundant in verdure
- vehmasabundant in verdure
- vihantafresh
- vehreäfresh
- vihreäfresh
- vihreägreen
- vihreäinexperienced
French verdoyant, luxuriant
- verdoyantabundant in verdure
- luxuriantabundant in verdure
- verdoyantgreen
- vertgreen
German üppig, grünend
- üppigabundant in verdure
- grünendabundant in verdure
- frischfresh
- grüngreen
- unerfahreninexperienced
- grün hinter den Ohreninexperienced
- unreifinexperienced
Greek χλοερός, χλωρός
- χλοερός (chloerós)abundant in verdure
- χλωρός (chlorós)fresh
- πράσινος (prásinos)green
- άγουρος (ágouros)inexperienced
Italian verdeggiante, verde
- verdeggianteabundant in verdure
- verdegreen
Māori matomato, mata
- matomatoabundant in verdure
- matagreen
- matomatogreen
Norwegian grønn
- grønngreen
Polish zielenisty, zielony
- zielenistygreen
- zielonygreen
Portuguese verdejante, verdejante
- verdejanteabundant in verdure
- verdejantegreen
Romanian luxuriant, proaspăt
- luxuriantabundant in verdure
- proaspătfresh
- verdegreen
- ageamiuinexperienced
Russian зелёный, све́жий
- зелёный (zeljónyj)abundant in verdure
- све́жий (svéžij)fresh
- зелёный (zeljónyj)green
- зелёный (zeljónyj)inexperienced
- нео́пытный (neópytnyj)inexperienced
Scottish Gaelic gorm
- gormgreen
Spanish verde
- verdegreen
Swedish grön
- gröngreen
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Cite this entry
verdant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verdant
“verdant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verdant. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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