virent
English
Etymology
Latin virens, present participle of virere (“to be green”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪɹənt/
Adjective
virent (comparative more virent, superlative most virent)
- (obsolete) green in color, or unwithered
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- the roots of Canes, Bryony and other plants: for in these yet fresh and virent
References
- “virent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Verb
virent
- third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of virer
Verb
virent
- third-person plural past historic of voir
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
virent
- third-person plural present active indicative of vireō