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Definition of viridian noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

viridian

noun
 
/vɪˈrɪdiən/
 
/vɪˈrɪdiən/
[uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. a blue-green pigment used in art; the colour of this pigmentTopics Colours and Shapesc2
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin viridis ‘green’ (from virere ‘be green’) + -ian.
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