virid
Plural: virids
Adj
- Green, verdant.
Noun
- A green colour.
- Any of a group of related viruses.
Adjective
- Having a fresh, green, or verdant appearance.
Examples
- His virid strategy involved planting high-scoring words in fertile triple-letter spots.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English viride (“verdigris”, adjective, noun) [and other forms] + English -id (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives and nouns). Viride is borrowed from Latin viridis (“green; (figuratively) fresh; lively; young, youthful”), from vireō (“to be green or verdant; to sprout new green growth; to flourish; to be lively or vigorous”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to procreate; to produce; to increase; to raise”). Doublet of verdant and vert.
Synonyms
bosky, greenish, greenly, greeny, lavish, lush, verdant, verdured, verdurous, vert, virescent, virid, viridescent
Scrabble Score: 9
virid: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordvirid: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
virid: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary