vinous
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- adjective
- /ˈvaɪnəs/
:
vinoso
- From the vinous smell, he could tell they had been drinking.
Examples
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Agrapart's wines are of uniformly excellent quality, with a naturally expressive and vinous character that makes them feel grown rather than made.
Blog text (31) -
Vinous, as pertaining to wine, I assume, sir.
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The neck, shoulders, barrel, and back range in tone from sepia and jet black to rich vinous red.
Academic text (1992) -
Sudden spotlight and attention can wrong-foot an industry that is, despite four centuries of vinous prehistory, really just finding its way.
Blog text (27) -
Lahaye's wines are intense without being weighty, showing a vinous, concentrated character that clearly
Blog text (31) -
After an easy, vinous lunch, he ambled around, past the Victorian Post Office and Central Station, through blocks of two- and three-story wooden houses and musty redbrick three-flats to Chinese and Malay neighborhoods.
Fiction book (1996) -
The chef prepared a vinous sauce that complemented the roast perfectly.
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The dinner featured a selection of vinous dishes that delighted the guests.
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She described the party atmosphere as vinous, filled with laughter and the clinking of wine glasses.
Synonyms
Having a taste or smell like wine
Having the taste or smell of wine
Having wine in it or tasting like wine
How Winey
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Surface Forms
Morphology
vinous = wine (semi-transparent) = vin + ous
The suffix '-ous' clearly means 'relating to', but the root 'vin-' is a Latin combining form (not a standalone English word), so the relation to 'wine' is reasonably guessable but not formally transparent for all learners.
Etymology
Vinous comes from the Latin vinum, meaning 'wine', and it is from the same root as the English word wine. So, something described as vinous smells, tastes, or looks like wine.