vino
[vee-noh]
|
noun, plural vi·nos. Informal.
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
Origin of vino
vino-
in vino veritas
[in wee-noh we-ri-tahs; English in vahy-noh ver-i-tas, -tahs, vee-noh]
Latin.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for vino
Contemporary Examples of vino
Historical Examples of vino
What a misleading maxim is that of the Romans, In vino veritas!
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of ProverbsR. F. Horton
There is a proverb which says In vino veritas, and talks of truth in wine.
The Sunset TrailAlfred Henry Lewis
In Italy the vino d'Asti is excellent, but this is still better.
A Russian ProprietorLyof N. Tolstoi
"The new motto of America should be 'In vino demi-tasse,'" my friend said, smiling.
NonsenseorshipG. G. Putnam and Others
In vino veritas, said Roman philosophy, and builded better than it knew.
A New AtmosphereGail Hamilton
vino
noun plural -nos
Word Origin for vino
jocular use of Italian or Spanish vino
in vino veritas
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
in vino veritas
[(in vee-noh ver-ee-tahs)]
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.