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verdigris

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Noun — A blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals.

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From Middle English vertegrece, verdegres, from Old French verte grez (literally “acidic green”), an alteration of older verte de Grece (literally “green of Greece”). The modern French writing of this word is vert-de-gris (literally “green of gray”).

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