adj. (colloquial).—Simple, inexperienced, ‘easily TAKEN IN’ (q.v.), GREEN (q.v.). Whence VERDANCY = rawness, inexperience.
1853. REV. E. BRADLEY (‘Cuthbert Bede’), The Adventures of Mr. VERDANT Green, an Oxford Freshman [Title].
1878. C. C. RUTHRAUFF, Artemus Ward at Cleveland, in Scribner’s Magazine, Oct., 790. Forget his VERDANCY and grotesque appearance.
