viridity means the state or condition of being virid: greenness. It carries an Arena rating of 1520, earned across 4 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, viridity ranks #1,088 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #2,900 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #5,196 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #5,745 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words.
Why “viridity” is a great word
The quality or state of being green; greenness. From Latin viriditas ("greenness"), from viridis ("green"). Unlike "verdure" (which denotes lush, flourishing vegetation) or "verdancy" (which implies a fresh, grassy quality), viridity is the distilled principle of the hue itself. It is the waxy sheen of a magnolia leaf, the startling emerald of a beetle's wing-case, and the aquatic gloom of a forest pool—the pure, chromatic fact of green before it signifies anything else, a quiet, persistent declaration.
Etymology
From virid + -ity, from Latin viriditas.
noun
- The state or condition of being virid: greenness.
- The state or condition of being virid: greenness.; Verdantness.
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