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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.

   • Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 206:

     O trees, grasses and plants
     that in this spot do dwell
     so verdant, tall, abundant,
     if you find no joy in my ill
     then hear my honest complaints.

3. Fresh.
4. Inexperienced.

   Synonyms: callow, raw; see also Thesaurus:inexperienced

   a verdant youth from the interior of Connecticut

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• Appendix:Colors

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