7 November 2018
verdant
[vur-dnt]
adjective
1. green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass:
a verdant oasis.
2. of the color green:
a verdant lawn.
3. inexperienced; unsophisticated:
verdant college freshmen.
Origin of verdant
1575-1585 First recorded in 1575-85; verd(ure) + -ant
Related forms
verdancy, noun
verdantly, adverb
unverdant, adjective
unverdantly, adverb
Synonyms
1. lush, grassy.
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Examples from the Web for verdant
Contemporary Examples
A jacket resembled a verdant forest with its beautiful chaos of green feathers.
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Robin Givhan
July 4, 2012
It was a typical suburban dwelling with a verdant lawn and lots of flowering shrubs.
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Sandra McElwaine
July 10, 2011
What better way to celebrate spring than with a verdant bowl of budding goodness?
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March 30, 2010
Historical Examples
At length they rose from the verdant green, and chased each other in mock pursuit.
Imogen
William Godwin
Suddenly the whole face of it was adorned with a verdant, undulating robe.
Imogen
William Godwin
On this day
7 November 1879 – birth of Leon Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronshtein). Russian Marxist revolutionary, Soviet politician, founder and first leader of the Red Army. Major figure in the Bolshevik victory during the Russian Civil War. After the Russian Revolution Trotsky became the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs. He was opposed to Joseph Stalin. He was expelled from the Communist Party in November 1927 and deported from the Soviet Union in 1929. Trotsky relocated to Mexico where he continued his opposition to Stalin. Trotsky was assassinated by ice-pick wielding Rámon Mercader in Mexico on the orders of Stalin. Trotskyism is a form of Marxism which is based on Trotsky’s ideas and opposed to Stalinism. Died 21 August 1940.
7 – 8 November 1917 – October Revolution. Part of the Russian Revolution which commenced with the February Revolution (8-12 March 1917) and which overthrew the Russian Provisional Government and replaced it with the Soviet government. (This date is from the New Style Gregorian calendar and corresponds with 25 October 1917 under the Old Style Julian calendar).
7 November 1956 – Suez Canal Crisis. Egyptian President Nasser announces that he will nationalise the Suez Canal Company and in the interim, freezes their assets. In response, France, Britain and Israel attack Egypt, including the bombing Cairo. They had attacked in order to gain control of the Suez Canal and to remove Nasser from power. The United Nations issued a resolution requiring France, Britain and Israel to withdraw. The United States and the Soviet Union backed the U.N. resolution and the three antagonists were forced to withdraw.
7 November 2000 – George W. Bush wins the most controversial U.S. presidential election in history. Because of the closeness of the election results in Florida, a number of actions were taken in the U.S. Supreme Court. Before recounting could close, the Supreme Court declared George W. Bush the victor, with a majority of between 500 and 2,000 votes, even though it was revealed that George W. Bush’s brother, Florida Governor Jeb Bush removed 58,000 names from the electoral role (based on ethnicity and who were likely to vote Democrat).
7 November 2016 – death of Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter, whose biggest hit was his 1984 song ‘Hallelujah‘, which has since been covered by dozens of other singers. In 2004, Cohen discovered his manager had misappropriated around $5 million from him. Although Cohen sued her and was awarded $9 million, she refused to pay up. Cohen was forced to return to work and embarked on a number of worldwide tours as well as released a book of poetry and a number of albums, including ‘Old Ideas‘, ‘Popular Problems‘ and his 13th and last album, ‘You Want It Darker‘, which was released three weeks before his death. Born 21 September 1934.