Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. A green poisonous substance used as a pigment and drug, obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper, and consisting essentially of a complex mixture of several basic copper acetates.
2. The green rust formed on copper.
To cover, or coat, with verdigris.
Greenness Roget’s Thesaurus §435
N. green, blue and yellow, vert #, emerald, verd antique, verdigris, malachite, beryl, aquamarine, absinthe, creme de menthe, terre verte, verditer, verdine, copperas, greenness, verdure, viridity, viridescence, verditure, glaucoma, [Jap: rokunaisho]
Adj. green, verdant, glaucous, olive, olive green, green as grass, verdurous, emerald green, pea green, grass green, apple green, sea green, olive green, bottle green, coke bottle green, greenish, virent, virescent, green (learner) 541, (unskillful) 699, green
Phr. green with envy, the green grass of ireland, the wearing of the green
No Bible verses found for "verdigris".