Meaning of Verdigris | Babel Free
ˈvɝ.də.ɡɹisDefinitions
Equivalents
Bosanski
patina
Català
verdet
Čeština
měděnka
Cymraeg
gwyrddlas
Dansk
ir
Deutsch
Grünspan
Esperanto
verdigro
Español
cardenillo
فارسی
زنگار
Français
vert-de-gris
Gàidhlig
meirg-umha
Hrvatski
patina
Հայերեն
ժանգառ
Italiano
verderame
ភាសាខ្មែរ
ច្រែះ
한국어
녹청
Nederlands
groenspaan
Српски
patina
Svenska
arg
తెలుగు
కిలము
Examples
“Let's to^([sic]) the museum. Cannon-balls; arrow-heads; Roman glass and a forceps green with verdigris.”
“[…]there were three small brass coins there, the gift of Ymar. Their legends, like⟳ their faces, had worn away; and they were dark with verdigris — in appearance precisely the ancient things they were.”
“Gamboge is one of the firſt yellows, which may be made to produce⟳ five or six ſorts of Green with verdegreaſe, according as the gambooge is in the greater or leſſer proportion; if it abounds, it will make⟳ a tolerable oak green, and being mixt with a greater quantity of verdegreaſe, it will make⟳ a fine graſs Green.”
“[…]let⟳ them tell⟳ me candidly which is nearest truth, the gold of Turner, or the mourning and murky olive browns and verdigris greens in which Claude, with the industry and intelligence of a Sevres china painter, drags the laborious bramble leaves over his childish foreground.”
“Jeremiah found himself indoors, perfecting his Draftsmanship, bending all day over the work-table, grinding and mixing his own⟳ Inks,— siftings and splashes ev'rywhere of King's Yellow, Azure, red Orpiment, Indian lake, Verdigris, Indigo, and Umber.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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