- of or like wine or grapes
- having the color of red wine
Origin of vinaceous
Classical Latin vinaceus from vinum: see vinevinaceous
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vinaceous
adjective
Having the color of red wine.
Origin of vinaceous
From Latin vīnāceus refuse from wine pressing from vīnum wineTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(comparative more vinaceous, superlative most vinaceous)
- containing wine
- of the colour of red wine
Origin
From Late Latin vinaceus, from Latin vinum.
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