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Words found in poetry

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swale
swound
viand
adamantine
verdurous


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PRONUNCIATION:

(VUHR-juh-ruhs)

MEANING:

adjective: Abounding in green vegetation; verdant.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old French verd (green), from Latin viridis (green). Earliest documented use: 1604.

USAGE:

“But here there is no light,
Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown
Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.”
John Keats; Ode to a Nightingale; 1819.

See more usage examples of verdurous in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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