Sekirov Dictionary

verdigris

/ˈvɝ.də.ɡɹis/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

•
A blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals.
- Let's to^([sic]) the museum. Cannon-balls; arrow-heads; Roman glass and a forceps green with verdigris. — 1922
(old-fashioned) Copper acetate.
The color of this patina or material.

verb1

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To cover, or coat, with verdigris.
- […] there were always some wretched musicians, with an old fiddle, an old clarinet, and an old verdigrised brass bugle[…] — 1853

forms

verdigrised · verdigrising · verdigrises

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