α. 1700s vinewy, 1700s vinnowy, 1700s 1900s– finnowy, 1800s vinnewy.
β. 1800s finnery, 1800s vinnery.
vinnewyadj.
/ˈvɪnjuːi/, U.S. /ˈvɪn(j)əwi/ English regional (chiefly south-western in later use). Now archaic.
Mouldy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > mouldy or musty
fennyc1000
vinnyOE
mouleda1250
moulya1398
mouldena1400
spaked1438
vinniedc1450
mouldy1495
hoared1496
mustyc1503
foisty1519
mocha1522
hoary1530
hoar1544
mouldeda1552
mowsy1566
foistied1572
fustied1576
spaky1590
musted1632
mouldish1648
emucid1656
mucid1656
mungy1658
mouldly1678
foisted1688
mothery1697
vinnewya1722
rusty-fustya1790
musty-fusty1857
mucidous1866
blue-vinnied1880
blue-veined1898
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > musty or mouldy
fennyc1000
vinnyOE
mouleda1250
moulya1398
mouldena1400
spaked1438
vinniedc1450
mouldy1495
hoared1496
mustyc1503
foisty1519
hoary1530
moskin1531
hoar1544
mouldeda1552
foistied1572
mustied1572
fustied1576
spaky1590
mildewed1605
musted1632
mucid1656
mungy1658
foisted1688
vinnewya1722
mochy1825
musty-smelling1852
musty-fusty1857
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 82 The seed-beans were finnowy.
a1722 E. Lisle in J. Britten Old Country & Farming Words (E.D.S.) (1880) Gloss. Observ. Husb. Finnowy, vinnowy, vinnewed, vinney, mouldy.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Vinewy, mouldy, hoary.
1853 J. P. Collier Notes & Emendations to Text of Shakespeare's Plays 333 Vinny, or vinnewy, for mouldy, is still a word in use in the provinces.
1992 A. Thorpe Ulverton iii. 62 I am keen to bury them [sc. rags], that they might go finnowy the quicker.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > mouldy or musty condition
mustiness1526
mouldiness1559
vinniedness1565
foistiness1576
hoariness1580
must1602
vinnewinessa1722
motheriness1742
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [noun] > mustiness, mouldiness, or mould
moulda1400
mow?a1500
mustiness1526
vinny1538
mouldiness1559
vinniedness1565
foistiness1576
hoariness1580
must1602
mucor1656
vinnewinessa1722
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 54 The moldiness and finnowyness of the grass.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Vinewiness, mouldiness, Hoariness, Mustiness.
1871 Philos. Inst. Edinb. Notes & Queries 30 Dec. 556/1 Blue-vinid Cheese..is called vinid because it is vinewed or mouldy, as vinewiness signifies mouldiness or a state of incipient decay.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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