viˈridian, n. and a.
Also veridian.
[f. L. virid-is virid a.]
a. n. Veronese green. b. adj. Of or pertaining to this colour.
| 1882 W. T. Suffolk in Science Gossip Mar. 49 The following list of colours contained in my own box may prove useful... Viridian. [Note.] A transparent oxide of chromium, perfectly permanent, of great use both by itself and in compounding other greens. 1902 R. Fry Let. 13 Oct. (1972) I. 197 The trees [are] strawy green, the glass almost veridian. 1903 Sat. Rev. 21 Mar. 356/2 The patch of green bank shimmering up to viridian pitch encouraged by..greys. 1950 M. Peake Gormenghast lxiii. 355 The waters became stained with evergreen from the softest olive to veridian. 1974 R. Rendell Face of Trespass viii. 70 A new name..in veridian neon, stuck up above the portico. |