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Definition of "viridity" []

  • The quality or condition of being green; greenness. (noun)
  • The green color of vegetation or leaves. (noun)
  • Innocence or inexperience. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "viridity" in a sentence
  • "Flinx surveyed the all‑encompassing sea of viridity, wherein every direction looked the same as any other."
  • "Flinx surveyed theall-encompassing sea of viridity, wherein every direction looked the same as any other."
  • "Since Hereford Road is in dangerous proximity to Ladbroke Grove, I was sitting tight in my apartments on receipt of this grave intelligence, with funk in my heart, and the Unknown hovering above me, when my young friend HOWARD ALLBUTT-INNETT, Esq., arrived with his bicycle, like a god on a machine, and perceiving the viridity of my countenance, inquired sympathetically what was up."