viridescent
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- adjective
- /ˌvɪrɪˈdɛsənt/
- The alien scrunched his shiny viridescent face and spoke with a BBC announcer's elegant diction.
Examples
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We admired the viridescent waters of the tropical lagoon, reflecting the sunlight.
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The leaves of the plant turned a beautiful viridescent shade as spring approached.
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The artist used a viridescent hue to evoke a sense of freshness in her landscape painting.
Synonyms
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A little like the color of leaves
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A light green color that looks partly yellow
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A blue color with a little green in it
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A yellow color with a little green
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A light green color with a shiny silvery look
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A gray color with a little green in it
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A light green color with a pale shiny look
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A blue-green color like fresh pine leaves
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A green color with a purple tint
Antonyms
How Green
Surface Forms
Morphology
viridescent = virid + escent
The word is built from a classical color root and the suffix -escent, but the root is not a familiar English morpheme for most learners, so the meaning is not recoverable from common English components.
Etymology
Viridescent comes from the Latin viridis 'green' and the ending -escent 'becoming', so it literally means 'becoming green' and is used for a greenish color.