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verdancy

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ver·dant  (vûrdnt)
adj.
1. Green with vegetation; covered with green growth.
2. Green.
3. Lacking experience or sophistication; naive.

[French verdoyant, from Old French, present participle of verdoyer, to become green, from Vulgar Latin *viridire, from Latin viridis.]

verdan·cy n.
verdant·ly adv.

verdancy
the quality or condition of being green, as the condition of being covered with green plants or grass or inexperience attributable to youth. — verdant, adj.
See also: Color
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Noun1.verdancyverdancy - the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
profuseness, profusion, richness, cornucopia - the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"

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She was playing a game; she was not simply taking pity on his aesthetic verdancy.
 
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