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
Black established the existence of this air in the expired breath of animals, and also showed that it was present in the air evolved during vinous fermentation.
From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)
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