First Known Use: 15th century
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viridity
noun vi·rid·i·ty \və-ˈri-də-tē\
Definition of VIRIDITY
1
a : the quality or state of being green b : the color of grass or foliage
2
: naive innocence
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Origin of VIRIDITY
Middle English viridite, from Latin viriditat-, viriditas, from viridis
Related to VIRIDITY
- Synonyms
- artlessness, greenness, guilelessness, ingenuousness, innocence, naiveness, naivety (also naïvety) [chiefly British], naturalness, simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity, unsophistication, unworldliness, naïveté
- Antonyms
- artfulness, cynicism, knowingness, sophistication, worldliness
Rhymes with VIRIDITY
acidity, aridity, avidity, cupidity, flaccidity, floridity, fluidity, frigidity, gelidity, gravidity, humidity, hybridity, limpidity, liquidity, lividity, lucidity, morbidity, placidity, rabidity, rancidity, rapidity, rigidity, sapidity, solidity, stupidity, tepidity, timidity, torridity, turbidity, turgidity, validity, vapidity, viscidity
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