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Webster 1913 Edition

Verdigris

Ver′di-gris

,
Noun.
[F.
vert-de-gris
, apparently from
verd
,
vert
, green +
de
of +
gris
gray, but really a corruption of LL.
viride aeris
(equivalent to L.
aerugo
), from L.
viridis
green +
aes
,
aeris
, brass. See
Verdant
, and 2d
Ore
.]
1.
(Chem.)
A green poisonous substance used as a pigment and drug, obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper, and consisting essentially of a complex mixture of several basic copper acetates.
2.
The green rust formed on copper.
[Colloq.]
☞ This rust is a carbonate of copper, and should not be confounded with true verdigris.
U. S. Disp.
Blue verdigris
(Chem.)
,
a verdigris having a blue color, used as a pigment, etc.
–
Distilled verdigris
(Old Chem.)
,
an acid copper acetate; – so called because the acetic acid used in making it was obtained from
distilled
vinegar.
–
Verdigris green
,
clear bluish green, the color of verdigris.

Ver′di-gris

,
Verb.
T.
To cover, or coat, with verdigris.
[R.]
“An old verdigrised brass bugle.”
Hawthorne.

Webster 1828 Edition

Verdigris

VER'DIGRIS

,
Noun.
Rust of copper, or an acetate of copper, formed by the combination of an acid with copper.

Definition 2024

verdigris

verdigris

English

The copper roof of a water tower in Denmark, green with verdigris.
Doors with verdigris at RuhrCongress Bochum, a conference center in Bochum, Germany.
A Chinese coin with verdigris.

Noun

verdigris ‎(countable and uncountable, plural verdigrises)

  1. A blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals
    • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 13
      Let's to the museum. Cannon-balls, arrow-heads; Roman glass and a forceps green with verdigris.
  2. (chemistry, dated) Copper acetate.
  3. The colour of this patina or material.
    verdigris colour:    

Synonyms

Related terms

  • verdigrisy

Translations

Verb

verdigris ‎(third-person singular simple present verdigrises, present participle verdigrising, simple past and past participle verdigrised)

  1. To cover, or coat, with verdigris.
    An old verdigrised brass bugle. — Hawthorne.

See also

Etymology

From French vert-de-gris.

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