A preparation of copper sometimes used by painters, etc. for a blue, but more generally mixed with a yellow for a green color. It is a factitious substance of blue pigment, obtained by adding chalk or whiting to a solution of copper in nitric acid or aqua fortis.
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1. 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
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