verdit
See also: verdît
English edit
Noun edit
verdit (plural verdits)
References edit
- “verdit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Verb edit
verdit
- inflection of verdir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- third-person singular past historic
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French verdit, veirdit, from Vulgar Latin veredictum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
verdit (plural verdites)
- A verdict; a judgement or ruling (especially legal).
- 1382, Chaucer, “v. 525”, in Parlement of Foules[The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer]:
- I juge, of every folk men shal oon calle / To seyn the verdit for you foules alle.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (rare) A position or stance on an issue undergoing arbitration.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “verdit, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-3.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
verdit oblique singular, m (oblique plural verdiz or verditz, nominative singular verdiz or verditz, nominative plural verdit)
Descendants edit
- → English: verdict