Meanings
- not comparableobsoleterareVerdant; made green.
The verded fields stretched as far as the eye could see.
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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 28A 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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verded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verded
“verded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verded. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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