verdure

[ vur-jer ]

noun

1. greenness, especially of fresh, flourishing vegetation.
2. green vegetation, especially grass or herbage.
3. freshness in general; flourishing condition; vigor.

verdure

/ ˈvɜːdʒə /

noun

1. flourishing green vegetation or its colour
2. a condition of freshness or healthy growth

Derived Forms

• ˈverdured, adjective
• ˈverdurous, adjective

Other Words From

• verdured adjective
• verdure·less adjective
• un·verdured adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of verdure¹

1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French, equivalent to verd green ( vert ) + -ure -ure

Word History and Origins

Origin of verdure¹

C14: from Old French verd green, from Latin viridis

Example Sentences

Roaming among the trees, admiring the verdure, he saw a crowd of daisies clustered above him, like gigantic stars, and decided to cut one down and present his wife with a pretty parasol.

From Literature

Their posters aimed to scare people straight with pictures of ecological ruin, or glorified nature, clean air and water, sunshine and verdure.

From New York Times

The group includes Juliska’s Jardins du Monde ceramics glazed in Veronica Beard’s choice of forest green, which the company calls verdure.

From Seattle Times

While tourists have returned in full force to Paris, with crowds thronging the major monuments in the city center, Bagatelle offers intriguing heritage, a chateau born of a bet with Marie Antoinette, and 59 acres of verdure about five miles from the Notre-Dame cathedral.

From Washington Post

“It was not merely green; it was frantically green. It was so bright in its verdure that the color nearly spoke, as though — smashing through the world of sight — it wanted to migrate into the world of sound,” Gilbert writes.

From Seattle Times