virid

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English viride (“verdigris”, adjective, noun) [and other forms] + English -id (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives and nouns). Viride is borrowed from Latin viridis (“green; (figuratively) fresh; lively; young, youthful”), from vireō (“to be green or verdant; to sprout new green growth; to flourish; to be lively or vigorous”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to procreate; to produce; to increase; to raise”). Doublet of verdant and vert. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɪɹɪd/ Rhymes: -ɪɹɪd Hyphenation: vir‧id ==== Adjective ==== virid (comparative more virid, superlative most virid) (literary, poetic) Green, verdant. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:greenish, Thesaurus:verdant ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== virid (uncountable) (literary, poetic, rare) A green colour. ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== Appendix:Colors === Etymology 2 === Either: from virus +‎ -id (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives and nouns); or from translingual viridae (“grouping of viruses”) + English -id; viridae is derived from Latin virus (“poison; venom; (New Latin) virus (infectious organism)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison; slime”)) + translingual -idae (suffix forming names of families of animals). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪɹɪd/ Rhymes: -aɪɹɪd Hyphenation: vir‧id ==== Noun ==== virid (plural virids) (virology, chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of related viruses. ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === green on Wikipedia.Wikipedia virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia