verded

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UK/ˈvɜːdɪd/

adjective

Verdant; made green.

“The verded fields stretched as far as the eye could see.”

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adjectiveverded (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleterareVerdant; made green.

    The verded fields stretched as far as the eye could see.

    3 more examples

    Thy verded face, contaminates thy proouer, And with false showes [etc.] … Thou seem'st without more brighter than the golde Ten thousand vales of glistring showes decore thee [etc.]

    1618, William Lithgow, Poetical Remains, page 28

    A hundred little towns and villages dotted here and there besprinkling the verded slopes like jewels to an emerald isle; […]

    1913, J. H. Hendren, “"Personal observations of Pellagra in Eastern Kentucky"”, in Kentucky Medical Journal, page 369

    […] Between the bowls a row of three verded copper candlesticks with white tapers and violet shades lend a pretty finish. […]

    1915, Voila McLemen, “APRIL ENTERTAINING: Why Not Have a Violet Luncheon?”, in Cooking Club Magazine, volume 17, page 5

Origin

From Late Middle English uerd (“the colour green”) (c. 1450), later verd (“green, verdancy”) (1603).

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APA

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MLA

“verded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verded. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “verded,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verded.

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