viridity

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We cannot trace any common elements in sugar and scent, or in leaves and emeralds, by which to define sweetness and viridity; but we think we can discern some in the ludicrous.

From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan

Ennis saw dimly through green-lit spaces a city in the near distance, an unholy city of emerald hue whose unsymmetrical, twisted towers and minarets aspired into heavens of hellish viridity.

From The Door into Infinity by Hamilton, Edmond