viny

¹ American  

[vahy-nee] / ˈvaɪ ni /

adjective

vinier, viniest

1. of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling vines.

   viny tendrils.

2. abounding in or producing vines.

   a viny region.

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Viny ² American  

[vahy-nee] / ˈvaɪ ni /

noun

1. a female given name.

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Etymology

Origin of viny

First recorded in 1560–70; vine + -y ¹

Example Sentences

“I want each sequential change of mind in its true, knotted, clotted, viny multifariousness, with all of the colorful streamers of intelligence still taped on,” he wrote in an early essay, “Changes of Mind.”

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2012

He’s camped out in the viny, snake-ridden woods behind the Food Lion in Troy, N.C.

From Washington Post

Tiptoed straight into the melon patch, all viny, with melons ripe for the picking.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

The gardens were all brown stalks and stubble and fallen leaves by now, and so was this one, except for one viny upshoot of green and red.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

The porch was viny as an arbor; the ivy was climbing about the tower; and the bees were humming about the hoary old head-stones along the walls.

From Redburn. His First Voyage by Melville, Herman