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Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
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lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001
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Mon, 6 Nov 2000 14:55:12 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Matthew Miller writes:
> Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote:
> > The man has a point, which is valid for grey as well. Maybe we should just
> > call it grey-green or greenish grey?
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> *shrug* I don't see any grey in it at all.
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> Plus, verdi means green -- verdigris literally comes from the phrase "green
> of Greece". (And both dictionaries I looked in said so.)
But this Grece story is debatable, despite being reported in common
dictionaries.
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| (...) Like the OED. verdigris v@+-Rdigris. Forms: &ia.; 4 century verdegrez, 4-6 century -gres(e, 5 century -greys, 7 century -gresse, -griese, 7-8 century -grease; 5-6 century verdegrece, 6-7 century -greace, 7-8 century -greece; 6-9 century (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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