vinous
Americanadjective
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of, resembling, or containing wine.
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of, relating to, or characteristic of wine.
a vinous fragrance.
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produced by, indicative of, or given to indulgence in wine.
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wine red; wine-colored.
a vinous hue.
adjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of wine
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indulging in or indicative of indulgence in wine
a vinous complexion
Other Word Forms
- nonvinous adjective
- unvinous adjective
Etymology
Origin of vinous
1655–65; < Latin vīnōsus, equivalent to vīn ( um ) wine + -ōsus -ous
Example Sentences
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Year’s end means it’s time for our annual vinous navel-gazing about developments of the past year and crystal-ball prognostications about trends for the next.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021
When I opened my eyes, the vinous weeds of midsummer Iowa shrouding the tracks resembled the tropics.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2016
“It starts out almost like vinous water, and you think, ‘Oh my God, I’ve ruined this.’
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2016
Although its vinous star has dimmed a bit since then with the incursion of mass-market versions, mostly in large liter bottles, Grüner Veltliner is still a stalwart presence on many good wine lists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2016
If this was true, no vinous exhilaration made it so.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar
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