单词 | wineless |
释义 | winelessadj. 1. Lacking or destitute of wine. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [adjective] > supplied with liquor > not wineless1436 beerless1846 liquorless1859 punchless1903 1436 Libel Engl. Pl. in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 183 What nedeth a garlande, whyche is made of ivye, Shew a tavern wynelesse, also thryve I. 1891 Daily News 2 Feb. 5/6 Invitations to wineless dinners. 1910 Expositor Mar. 284 Altars at which only wineless offerings were made. ΚΠ 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 684 A winelesse weake wine as one may say [ἀοίνῳ οἴνῳ]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1436 |
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