vinous
/ˈvaɪnəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of wine.
adj
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of wine.
adj
Pertaining to or having the characteristics of wine.
adj
Tending to drink wine excessively.
Example Sentences
- "The man who firſt tranſplanted the grape of Burgundy to the Cape of Good Hope (obſerve he was a Dutchman) never dreamt of drinking the ſame wine at the Cape, that the ſame grape produced upon the French mountains—he was too phlegmatic for that—but undoubtedly he expected to drink ſome ſort of vinous liquor; […]"
- "The bride, in passing down stairs, dressed for her journey, found Tom waiting for her—flushed, either with his feelings, or the vinous part of the breakfast."
- "Near-synonyms: winelike, wine-dark, wine-blue"
- "[…] François' quick eye detected the presence of some very small birds moving among the blossoms. They were at once pronounced to be humming-birds, and of that species known as the "ruby-throats" (Trochilus rolubris), so called, because a flake of a beautiful vinous colour under the throat of the males exhibits, in the sun, all the glancing glories of the ruby."
- "Day was breaking, and the sheets of talc in the walls were filled with a vinous colour."
- "Yet fat and vinous old Jack Falstaff, whose portraiture is the happiest hit in all the varied range of English comedy, must be sought for in other scenes."
Etymology
From Late Middle English vinous, vinose (“consisting of, containing, or made of wine”), from Latin vīnōsus (“fond of wine; wine-flavoured”), from vīnum (“wine”) + -ōsus (adjective-forming suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: vinous, vīnōsus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvaɪnəs/
- British English: /ˈvaɪnəs/
Inflected Forms
more vinous (comparative)
most vinous (superlative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
vinous alcohol
vinous liquor