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Sat, 20 Mar 2010
Verdant
You know those little announcements on NPR that substitute for advertisements? The John D. and Cathrine T. MacArthur Foundation "supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world." Pretty neat! But then I received the word of the day from Dictionary.com:
verdure
Meaning
1 : the greenness of growing vegetation; also : such vegetation itself
2 : a condition of health and vigor
I had always through about verdant as meaning "green". But, then I saw the second meaning and thought that verdant might have a similar meaning. So I looked it up. Yep, here was "green" just as I expected
- green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.
- of the color green: a verdant lawn.
But there was a third definition that I though might not exactly fit the meaning intended by John D and Catherine T:
inexperienced; unsophisticated: verdant college freshmen.
"green" as in newbie. All the subtleties of language! Still, all in all, a pretty neat motto!
(revised from an earlier post)
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