virid
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From the Latin viridis, from virere ‘to be green’.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈvɪrɪd/
[edit] Noun
virid (plural virids)
- A bright green colour.
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[edit] Adjective
virid (comparative more virid, superlative most virid)
- Having a bright green colour
- 1977: His protruberant eyeballs were veined with red like certain kinds of rare marble. He urged me to meditate upon the virid line of the whirling universe. — Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve
