vinous
Pronunciation
  • (RP, GA) IPA: /ˈvaɪnəs/
Adjective

vinous

  1. Pertaining to or having the characteristic#Noun|characteristics of wine.
    • 1768, Mr. Yorick [pseudonym; Laurence Sterne], “Preface in the Desobligeant”, in A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, volume I, London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, […], OCLC 61680753 ↗, pages 29–30 ↗:
      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; [...]
    1. Involving the use#Noun|use of wine.
      Synonyms: vinaceous
      • 1854, Charles Dickens, “Husband and Wife”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], OCLC 4389957 ↗, book the first (Sowing), pages 127–128 ↗:
        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.
    2. Having the colour#Noun|colour of red wine; vinaceous.
  2. Tending to drink#Verb|drink wine excessively.
  3. affect#Verb|Affected by the drinking#Noun|drinking of wine.
    • 1821 August 7, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, Cantos III, IV, and V, London: Printed by Thomas Davison, […], OCLC 489750426 ↗, canto III, stanza XLII, page 24 ↗:
      The vinous Greek to whom he had address'd / His question, much too merry to divine / The questioner, fill'd up a glass of wine, [...]
    • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “James Crawley’s Pipe is Put Out”, in Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, OCLC 3174108 ↗, page 305 ↗:
      "Come, come," said James, putting his hand to his nose and winking at his cousin with a pair of vinous eyes, "no jokes, old boy; no trying it on on me. [...]"
    • 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter IV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented [...] In Three Volumes, volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], OCLC 13623666 ↗, phase the first (The Maiden), pages 40–41 ↗:
      In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.
    • 1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter III, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, OCLC 884653065 ↗; republished New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953, →ISBN, page 51 ↗:
      [S]he threw up her hands, sank into a chair and went off into a deep vinous sleep.
Synonyms Related terms Translations
  • French: vineux
  • Italian: vinoso
  • Portuguese: vínico
  • Russian: винно-кра́сный
  • Spanish: vinoso



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