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verdurous (iou) and cascade (iou)


verdurous (iou)



verdurous adjective. E17.
[from VERDURE + -OUS.]
Rich in or covered with verdure; lushly green. E17.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of verdure; consisting or composed of verdure. M17.
verdurousness noun (rare) M19.

cascade (iou)



cascade noun & verb. M17.
[French from Italian cascata, from cascare fall from Proto-Romance, from Latin casus fall: see CASE noun1, -ADE.]
A. noun.
A waterfall, esp. a small one; a section of a large broken (esp. artificial) waterfall; a falling body of water. M17.
F. Tuohy The rain..fell in a solid cascade.
b. transf. & fig. A quantity of material etc. falling; a falling stream of. M19.
R. Kipling A cascade of Survey-instruments, books, diaries, [etc.]. C. S. Forester The battle had begun in a muddle amid a cascade of vague orders.
A pyrotechnic device imitating a waterfall. M18.
A succession of electrical devices or stages in a process. M19.
A wavy arrangement of hanging lace etc. L19.
b. verb.
verb intrans. Fall in or like a cascade. E18.
R. Chandler From his outer breast pocket cascaded a show handkerchief. D. Welch Short, sneering Chinese words cascaded out of his mouth. G. Huntington Down a little ravine a stream cascaded.
verb intrans. Vomit. arch. colloq. L18.
verb trans. Connect (electrical devices) in a cascade. E20.