# vinous
## English
### Etymology

From Late Middle English vinous, vinose (“consisting of, containing, or made of wine”), from Latin vīnōsus (“fond of wine; wine-flavoured”), from vīnum (“wine”) + -ōsus (adjective-forming suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈvaɪnəs/
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* Rhymes: -aɪnəs
* Hyphenation: vin‧ous

### Adjective

vinous (comparative more vinous, superlative most vinous)
* Pertaining to or having the characteristics of wine.
    Synonym: (like wine) winelike
** 1768, Mr. Yorick [pseudonym; Laurence Sterne], “Preface in the Desobligeant”, in A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, volume I, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, […], →OCLC, 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; […]
** Involving the use of wine.
    Synonym: (containing wine) vinaceous
*** 1854, Charles Dickens, “Husband and Wife”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC, 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.
** Having the colour of red wine.
    Synonym: vinaceous
    Hyponyms: vinaceous, wine-dark, wine-blue
    Near-synonyms: winelike, wine-dark, wine-blue
*** 1853, [Thomas] Mayne Reid, “The Shrike and the Humming-birds”, in The Young Voyageurs, or The Boy Hunters in the North, London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton and Co., →OCLC, page 268:[…] François' quick eye detected the presence of some very small birds moving among the blossoms. They were at once pronounced to be humming-birds, and of that species known as the "ruby-throats" (Trochilus rolubris), so called, because a flake of a beautiful vinous colour under the throat of the males exhibits, in the sun, all the glancing glories of the ruby.
*** 1904, Gustave Flaubert, “Tanith”, in Salammbô: A Romance of Ancient Carthage […], volume III, Chicago, Ill.: Simon P. Magee, →OCLC, page 99:Day was breaking, and the sheets of talc in the walls were filled with a vinous colour.
* Tending to drink wine excessively.
** 1869, William Francis Collier, “William Shakspere”, in A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical Sketches, London, Edinburgh, New York, N.Y.: T[homas] Nelson and Sons, […], →OCLC, page 146:Yet fat and vinous old Jack Falstaff, whose portraiture is the happiest hit in all the varied range of English comedy, must be sought for in other scenes.
** 1883, Fun, London: Published for the proprietors, →OCLC, page 168, column 1:Curiosity induced him to ask the wild-eyed vinous old man if he knew the lady.
** 1898 July 2, “The New Dipsomania”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume CXIV, London: Published at the office, 85, Fleet Street, →OCLC, stanza I, page 309:Old Simon the Soaker now keeps a rare store / Of Malmsey and Malvoisie / In tub-fuls of hundreds of litres or more, / For a vinous old soul is he—e, / A porous old so—ul is he; […]
** 1899 August 25, Raymond Asquith, “Letter to H. T. Baker”, in John Jolliffe, editor, Raymond Asquith: Life and Letters, London: Collins, published 1980, →ISBN:It is one of the most trying things about this life, this necessity of laughing uproariously when vinous old men say things that are dirty but not funny; else one is written down as a prig.
** 2016, Christopher Chase Walker, The Visitor‎, Winchester, Hampshire: Cosmic Egg Books, →ISBN:She was found wounded and amnesic by a vinous old farmer who, charitable and eccentric (or just radiantly bonkers), nursed her back to health in some ramshackle barn or outbuilding of his after the local Gendarmerie had investigated, photographed, swept up and hosed down the crash scene.
* Affected by the drinking of wine.
    Synonym: winy
** 1821 August 8, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, Cantos III, IV, and V, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, 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 […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, 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. […]"
** 1927, Edgar Wallace, “The Honeymoon”, in The Man Who Was Nobody, London: Ward, Lock & Co., →OCLC; republished Looe, Cornwall: House of Stratus, 2001, →ISBN, page 110:Once she had been kissed by a man in wine (the memory recalled Lady Tynewood and the parties she gave) and she had never forgotten the hated smell of that vinous breath.
** 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter IV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, 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 3, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 51:[S]he threw up her hands, sank into a chair and went off into a deep vinous sleep.
** 1928, Robert Byron, “Society”, in The Station: Athos: Treasures and Men, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, page 133:Gripped by a vinous pentecost, I launched into speech: […]
** 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir‎, London: Atlantic Books, →ISBN; republished London: Atlantic Books, 2011, →ISBN, page 254:It was a moment of bathos and anticlimax; a poor sequel to my smoke-ringed, vinous reverie on American grandeur the previous night.

#### Synonyms

* vinose

#### Derived terms

* vinous alcohol
* vinous liquor
* vinously
* vinousness

#### Related terms

* vinosity
* viny
* wineful
* wino

#### See also

* blood red
* brick red
* burgundy
* cardinal
* carmine
* carnation
* cerise
* cherry
* cherry red
* Chinese red
* cinnabar
* claret
* crimson
* damask
* fire brick
* fire engine red
* flame
* flamingo
* fuchsia
* garnet
* geranium
* gules
* hot pink
* incarnadine
* Indian red
* magenta
* maroon
* misty rose
* nacarat
* oxblood
* pillar-box red
* pink
* Pompeian red
* poppy
* raspberry
* red violet
* rose
* rouge
* ruby
* ruddy
* salmon
* sanguine
* scarlet
* shocking pink
* stammel
* strawberry
* Turkey red
* Venetian red
* vermilion
* vinaceous
* vinous
* violet red
* wine

### References

* ↑ “vīnǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
* ↑ “vinous, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1917; “vinous, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

### Further reading

* wine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Finnish
### Etymology

vino +‎ -us

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋinous/, [ˈʋino̞us̠]
* Rhymes: -inous
* Hyphenation: vi‧no‧us

### Noun

vinous
* obliqueness
* (probability theory) skewness

#### Declension

Possessive forms of vinous (Kotus type 40*F/kalleus, t-d gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vinouteni
vinouteni
accusative
nom.
vinouteni
vinouteni
gen.
vinouteni
genitive
vinouteni
vinouksieni
partitive
vinouttani
vinouksiani
inessive
vinoudessani
vinouksissani
elative
vinoudestani
vinouksistani
illative
vinouteeni
vinouksiini
adessive
vinoudellani
vinouksillani
ablative
vinoudeltani
vinouksiltani
allative
vinoudelleni
vinouksilleni
essive
vinoutenani
vinouksinani
translative
vinoudekseni
vinouksikseni
abessive
vinoudettani
vinouksittani
instructive
comitative
—vinouksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vinoutesi
vinoutesi
accusative
nom.
vinoutesi
vinoutesi
gen.
vinoutesi
genitive
vinoutesi
vinouksiesi
partitive
vinouttasi
vinouksiasi
inessive
vinoudessasi
vinouksissasi
elative
vinoudestasi
vinouksistasi
illative
vinouteesi
vinouksiisi
adessive
vinoudellasi
vinouksillasi
ablative
vinoudeltasi
vinouksiltasi
allative
vinoudellesi
vinouksillesi
essive
vinoutenasi
vinouksinasi
translative
vinoudeksesi
vinouksiksesi
abessive
vinoudettasi
vinouksittasi
instructive
comitative
—vinouksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vinoutemme
vinoutemme
accusative
nom.
vinoutemme
vinoutemme
gen.
vinoutemme
genitive
vinoutemme
vinouksiemme
partitive
vinouttamme
vinouksiamme
inessive
vinoudessamme
vinouksissamme
elative
vinoudestamme
vinouksistamme
illative
vinouteemme
vinouksiimme
adessive
vinoudellamme
vinouksillamme
ablative
vinoudeltamme
vinouksiltamme
allative
vinoudellemme
vinouksillemme
essive
vinoutenamme
vinouksinamme
translative
vinoudeksemme
vinouksiksemme
abessive
vinoudettamme
vinouksittamme
instructive
comitative
—vinouksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vinoutenne
vinoutenne
accusative
nom.
vinoutenne
vinoutenne
gen.
vinoutenne
genitive
vinoutenne
vinouksienne
partitive
vinouttanne
vinouksianne
inessive
vinoudessanne
vinouksissanne
elative
vinoudestanne
vinouksistanne
illative
vinouteenne
vinouksiinne
adessive
vinoudellanne
vinouksillanne
ablative
vinoudeltanne
vinouksiltanne
allative
vinoudellenne
vinouksillenne
essive
vinoutenanne
vinouksinanne
translative
vinoudeksenne
vinouksiksenne
abessive
vinoudettanne
vinouksittanne
instructive
comitative
—vinouksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
vinoutensa
vinoutensa
accusative
nom.
vinoutensa
vinoutensa
gen.
vinoutensa
genitive
vinoutensa
vinouksiensa
partitive
vinouttaan vinouttansa
vinouksiaan vinouksiansa
inessive
vinoudessaan vinoudessansa
vinouksissaan vinouksissansa
elative
vinoudestaan vinoudestansa
vinouksistaan vinouksistansa
illative
vinouteensa
vinouksiinsa
adessive
vinoudellaan vinoudellansa
vinouksillaan vinouksillansa
ablative
vinoudeltaan vinoudeltansa
vinouksiltaan vinouksiltansa
allative
vinoudelleen vinoudellensa
vinouksilleen vinouksillensa
essive
vinoutenaan vinoutenansa
vinouksinaan vinouksinansa
translative
vinoudekseen vinoudeksensa
vinouksikseen vinouksiksensa
abessive
vinoudettaan vinoudettansa
vinouksittaan vinouksittansa
instructive
comitative
—vinouksineen vinouksinensa :

#### Derived terms

* vinouskulma

### Further reading

* “vinous”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

### Anagrams

* vuosin

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* vinose, vynose

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīnōsus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈviːnus/, /viːˈnɔːs/

### Adjective

vinous (Late Middle English, rare)
* vinous (relating to wine)

#### Descendants

* English: vinous, vinose

#### References

* “vīnǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 April 2020.