Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or quality of being verdant; greenness.
  • noun Rawness; inexperience; liability to be deceived: as, the verdancy of youth.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being verdant.

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  • noun the state of being verdant

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation

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Examples

  • (It's better in person — the palette actually tends towards an uncanny glowing verdancy.)

    Archive 2009-06-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • (It's better in person — the palette actually tends towards an uncanny glowing verdancy.)

    Amadeus Beaux-Arts Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • There were springs everywhere underground here; they accounted for part of the verdancy, part of the humidity, and were doubtless under pressure thanks to the large body of water nearby.

    Elephant in the City 2010

  • But if the verdancy of the hedges doesn't quite meet visual standards, then a home inspection is warranted?

    My Garden Is Telling Me That I'm Abusing My Kids 2008

  • The thorny verdancy of geranium, the rootiness of vetiver, the dirtiness of patchouli, the rich sharpness of oak moss are tamed and softened by the mouthwatering vanilla and citruses coated in cinnamon sugar...the rose is caught in-between the two streams, benefiting from both, wild and delicate, green and honeyed, spicy and silky-smooth all at once.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Marina Geigert 2009

  • Not just the green moist verdancy of a conservatory, but redolent of spices and flowers.

    Pixel-stained technopeasant wretch papersky 2007

  • The thorny verdancy of geranium, the rootiness of vetiver, the dirtiness of patchouli, the rich sharpness of oak moss are tamed and softened by the mouthwatering vanilla and citruses coated in cinnamon sugar...the rose is caught in-between the two streams, benefiting from both, wild and delicate, green and honeyed, spicy and silky-smooth all at once.

    Andy Tauer Une Rose Chypre: Perfume Review and a Prize Draw Marina Geigert 2009

  • Here, its candied herbaciousness serves to highlight, on the one hand, the sweet balsamic quality brought by sandalwood and patchouli and, on the other, the bright aromatic verdancy of basil and the almost camphoraceous chilliness of sage.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Marina Geigert 2009

  • As the composition progresses, however, and the herbal greenness of basil and rosemary and the earthy verdancy of vetiver become apparent, the blend becomes significantly more interesting.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Marina Geigert 2009

  • For a little while, there is something delicately peppery in this verdancy.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Marina Geigert 2009

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