See Also: verditer(medicine)
verditer(dictionary)

verditer (iou)



verditer noun & adjective. E16.
[from Old French verd de terre (mod. vert de terre) lit. 'green of the earth'. Cf. VERDIGRIS, VERT noun1.]
A. noun.
A light blue or bluish-green pigment, usu. prepared by adding chalk or whiting to a solution of copper nitrate, used in making crayons and as a watercolour. E16.
In full verditer blue, verditer green. The blue or greenish colour characteristic of verditer. M16.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of the colour verditer; light blue or bluish-green. M19.