Vinous Definition

vīnəs
adjective
Of, having the nature of, or characteristic of wine.
Webster's New World
Having the color of red wine.
Webster's New World
Addicted to drinking wine.
Webster's New World
Resulting from drinking wine.
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Origin of Vinous

  • From Latin vinosus, from vÄ«num (“wine").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin vīnōsus from vīnum wine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Vinous Sentence Examples

  • Flowers are a deep vinous purple, with pinkish spurs.

  • The provision of the law permitting the sale of whisky for medicinal, scientific or mechanical purposes was repealed by a law of 1909 prohibiting the sale, manufacture or barter of spirituous, malt, vinous or any other intoxicating liquors within the state.

  • It possesses a somewhat pleasant vinous odour and a burning aromatic taste; it is a highly acrid poison.

  • A crystalline saccharine principle, Sorbitol, which does not undergo the vinous fermentation, has also been found in the fruit.

  • The flower is smaller than that of that Flag, and both falls and standards are vinous red-purple marked with darker veins, the standard being lighter in color than the fall, and its veins more conspicuous.

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Words Starting With

VVIVIN

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SUSOUS

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