viridity

[ vuh-rid-i-tee ]

noun

1. greenness; verdure.
2. youth; innocence; inexperience.

   Synonyms: simplicity, naiveté

viridity

/ vɪˈrɪdɪtɪ /

noun

1. the quality or state of being green; greenness; verdancy
2. innocence, youth, or freshness

Word History and Origins

Origin of viridity¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Old French viridité, from Latin viriditās (stem viriditāt- ) “greenness (as of vegetation; youth, inexperience,” equivalent to viridi(s) “green” + -tās- -ty ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of viridity¹

C15: from Latin viriditās, from viridis green

Example Sentences

Christina pleas for Dee to help her out of a belief that Dee is an innocent, kind teenage girl, willfully ignorant of the fact that Jim Crow America has robbed Dee of the luxury of viridity.

From Salon

Co-funded with a grant from the Department of Energy, the pilot program began with a proposal from the energy services company Viridity, which is providing the energy market services and software.

From New York Times

Chad Von Eck, vice president for storage at Viridity, said that the company was talking to several other rail companies about putting in similar systems.

From New York Times

Zibelman, the founder and former CEO of Philadelphia-based Viridity Energy, is one of a very small group of people who can legitimately claim to have pioneered the existing market for distributed energy resources.

From Forbes

Needless to say, I was thrilled to learn that Audrey Zibelman, the founder and former CEO of Viridity Energy, which is one of a half dozen companies that pioneered the microgrid market before most people had heard of that term.

From Forbes

Related Words

• brightness
• inventiveness
• novelty
• originality
• vigor