Verdure (noun)
vur-jer
green vegetation, especially grass or herbage.
Verdure entered English around 1250–1300 and comes via Middle English from the Middle French word verd, which means “green.”
Example sentences
“He painted the field with sheep and hedgerow, perfectly capturing the verdure of the scene.”
Mackle (verb) mak-ul to blur, as from a double impression in printing First used in 1585–95. A variant of earlier macle, makle; earlier macule (from the Latin macula, “spot, blemish”).…