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Feb 17, 2023

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Words for colors

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aeneous
argent
stramineous
rubicund
virescent

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with Anu Garg

virescent

PRONUNCIATION:

( vuh/vy/vi-RES-uhnt)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Greenish.
2. Turning green.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin virescere (to become green), from virere (to be green). Earliest documented use: 1826.

USAGE:

“Flaxenhaired and grayeyed, the woman was an ethereal vision in gold and alabaster rising from the virescent sea mists swirling around her.”
Laurie McBain; Dark Before the Rising Sun; Avon; 1982.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience? -Thomas J. Watson, Chairman and CEO of IBM (17 Feb 1874-1956)

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