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Verdigris

'vərdəˌgrēs, -ˌgris, -ˌgrē

February 24, 2016 posted by John

noun a bright bluish-green encrustation or patina formed on copper or brass by atmospheric oxidation, consisting of basic copper carbonate.

ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French verte-gres, earlier vert de Grece 'green of Greece.'

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Lugubrious

lə'g(y)o͞obrēəs

February 10, 2016 posted by John

adjective looking or sounding sad and dismal.

DERIVATIVES
lugubriously | adverb
lugubriousness | noun

ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin lugubris (from lugere 'mourn') + -ous.

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Hyperborean

hīpər'bôrēən

February 3, 2016 posted by John

noun an inhabitant of the extreme north.

• (Hyperborean)Greek Mythology a member of a race worshiping Apollo and living in a land of sunshine and plenty beyond the north wind.

adjective of or relating to the extreme north.

ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin hyperboreanus, from Greek huperboreos, from huper 'beyond' + boreas 'north wind.'

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