Meaning of Virid | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A green colour.
   literary, poetic, rare, uncountable
2. Any of a group of related viruses.
   in-plural

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Examples

“In January 1208 the king ordered for a chaplain a robe of virid or burnet with a hood of coney skin 'like our other chaplains', […]”

“As to the regulation of the fire, if it is too hot the colour of the flowers will be yellow; if it is too cold the colour of the flowers will be virid or purple[…].”

“To inspect (a patient's) color includes (an examination) of the skin of (his/her) face and of the entire body. (Among the colors) the five types of virid, red, yellow, white, and black are distinguished; […]”

“I am drawn to the eccentric color words, which need, and often defy, definition. […] virid, a dangerously alive green; […]”

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