GREEN, GREENNESS
ADJECTIVES
► BERYL clear pale green → 1501
► CAESIOUS bluish or greyish green
► GAUDY-GREEN green dyed with weld, yellowish green → a1300 obs.
► GOURDY green → 1942 Amer. dial.
► LEEKISH resembling a leek in colour, green → 1576 obs.
► LEEKY resembling a leek in colour, green → 1552 obs.
► OLIVACEOUS of a dusky green colour with a touch of yellow, like the unripe olive; olive-green, olive → 1776
► PRASINOUS leek-green in colour → 1924
► SALT-GREEN green like the sea obs.
► SMARAGDINE of an emerald green → 1591
► SOUR adj. of wood, etc.: green → 1475
► VARLEY-GRASSEY gone green, as copper or brass → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VERDANT of a green colour or hue; green → 1581
► VERD-AZURE of a bluish-green colour; sea-green → 1876
► VERDAZURINE bluish-green; sea-green → 1681 obs.
► VERDURANT green, verdant → 1583 obs.
► VERNANT freshly green; verdant → 1594 obs.
► VERT green → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VIRICUND in a green state → 1599 obs.
NOUNS
► BERYL pale sea-green, the colour of beryl → 1834
► GREENMENT greenness → 1747 Eng. dial. obs.
► PRASINOUS a leek-green colour → 1826 obs.
► VERD green; greenness → 1915 poetic usage
► VERDANCY the quality or condition of being verdant; greenness → 1631
► VERDANTNESS greenness → 1727
► VERDOUR fresh greenness of vegetation; fig. fresh or flourishing condition → 1447 obs.
► VERDURE the fresh green colour characteristic of flourishing vegetation; greenness, viridity → a1300
► VERNANCY a flourishing state; greenness → 1669 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► GREENKIN a person wearing green colours → 1601 obs.
VERBS
► VERDOY to become green → 1480 obs.