Vĕr'dant, a.
a. [Fr. verdoyant, p. pr. of verdoyer, to be verdant, to grow green, O. Fr. verdoier, verdeier, Pr. verdeiar, Sp. verdear, Pg. verdejar, verdear, It. verdeggiare, Lat. viridare, p. pr. viridans, from viridis, green, from virere, to be green.]
Sense 1. Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn.
Let the earth Put forth the verdant grass. Milton.
Sense 2. Green in knowledge; ignorant of the ways of the world; easily overreached; raw; green; as, a verdant youth. [Colloq.]