ver・dantの英語

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈvɜɹ.dənt/

形容詞

verdant (comparative more verdant, superlative most verdant)

1. Green in colour.

   Synonyms: greenly, (literary, poetic) virid; see also Thesaurus:greenish

2. Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation.

   Synonyms: bosky, lush; see also Thesaurus:verdant

   • 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 224:

     It was a verdant and delightful valley, watered by a rivulet ...

   • 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, →OCLC:

     A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.

3. Fresh.
4. Inexperienced.

   Synonyms: callow, raw; see also Thesaurus:inexperienced

   a verdant youth from the interior of Connecticut

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参考

• Appendix:Colors

アナグラム

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