winywineyadj.
/ˈwʌɪni/, U.S. /ˈwaɪni/ 1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of wine; having the nature or properties (taste, colour, etc.) of wine; occasionally producing wine; vinous.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > [adjective]
winy1390
vineal1659
vinous1708
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 371 The wyny grape.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ii/1 Wynie, vinosus.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. iv. 660 Ful of a redde wynie sappe or iuyce.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) lxxv. iv A troubled cupp..Where wine and wyny lees compounded stand.
1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xxviii. 163 This way melancholie carrying a winie and aromaticall spirit,..may procure an harty laughter.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §486 Take Cucumbers..and set them..amongst Muske-Melons, and see whether the Melons will not be more Winy, and better tasted.
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxviii. 328 It is said that sufficient tartar putt at the roote of a tree, will make the fruite haue a winy tast.
1660 J. Harding tr. Paracelsus Archidoxis i. 92 There are Two Substances..in Wine; the one is Winey, in which the Spirit of the Wine is..; the other is Phlegmatick.
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 1 Midling Ale..that..is of Age just to leave its Malty Taste [and] grow Winey.
1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 143 A winy vapour melting in a tear.
1817 L. Hunt On Avon in Poet. Wks. (1860) 257 The rich orchards in their sunniest robes Are pouting thick with all their winy globes.
1902 R. W. Chambers Cardigan ix I knew the risk.., but the hazard had a winy flavour withal.
1918 Bart Kennedy in Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 593/1 His winey face took on a still deeper and more winey tinge.
2.
a. Accompanied by the drinking of wine. rare.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [adjective] > drinking wine > accompanied by wine-drinking
winya1586
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxvii. sig. Ff6 There was no matter their eares had euer heard of that grew not to be a subiect of their winie conference.
b. Affected by or due to (excessive) consumption of wine.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > affected by > specific drink
for-lode1565
winy1594
vinomadefied1652
whiskified1802
gin-soaked1836
ginny1837
vinous1847
brandy-sodden1854
brandified1863
1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night To Rdr. If their winy wits must needs be working.
1840 Lady C. M. C. Bury Hist. Flirt xxi A man who is perhaps a little winey.
1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour ix. xlvi. 258 Ere he thought he had got rid of as much of his winy headache as fitful sleep would carry off.
1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 61 When the old gentlemen were comfortably fed and amiably winey.
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