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adj
Green, verdant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, poetic
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Synonyms: greenish, greenly, greeny, verdant, verdurous, vert, virescent, virid, viridescent, bosky, lavish, lush, verdured
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A green colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, poetic, rare, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of a group of related viruses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences, virology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English viride (“verdigris”, adjective, noun) [and other forms] + English -id (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives and nouns). Viride is borrowed from Latin viridis (“green; (figuratively) fresh; lively; young, youthful”), from vireō (“to be green or verdant; to sprout new green growth; to flourish; to be lively or vigorous”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to procreate; to produce; to increase; to raise”). Doublet of verdant and vert.
PIE word *wisós Either: * from virus + -id (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives and nouns); or * from translingual viridae (“grouping of viruses”) + English -id; viridae is derived from Latin virus (“poison; venom; (New Latin) virus (infectious organism)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison; slime”)) + translingual -idae (suffix forming names of families of animals).
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