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(...) The man has a point, which is valid for grey as well. Maybe we should just call it grey-green or greenish grey? ++Lar (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) *shrug* I don't see any grey in it at all. Plus, verdi means green -- verdigris literally comes from the phrase "green of Greece". (And both dictionaries I looked in said so.) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) But this Grece story is debatable, despite being reported in common dictionaries. (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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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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(...) You have quoted the OED several times in this thread. Do you have a copy, work at a library with a copy, or (hopefully) have access to it online and can share the address? FU to off-topic.geek (though not techno geek, etymological geek) BEN (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Access online. It's restricted to Boston University though, so unfortunately sharing the link won't help you much. :( (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yes, when I graduated from The College of Charleston <www.cofc.edu>, SC in 1994 all I had access to was the 20+ volume set of the OED that we had in the library. There was talk about the OED being available online or that it was being (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Try www.oed.com but i'll warn you, it's pretty salty from what I recall. Markus (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hey cool -- BU's subscription works there, and it's a much nicer interface than our primative gateway. :) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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