vinous

UK: /ˈvaɪnəs/ US: (vī′nəs)

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vi•nous  (vī′nəs), adj. 

1. Wine of, resembling, or containing wine.
2. Wine of, pertaining to, or characteristic of wine:
   a vinous fragrance.
3. Wine produced by, indicative of, or given to indulgence in wine.
4. wine red;
   wine-colored:
   a vinous hue.

• Latin vīnōsus, equivalent. to vīn(um) wine + -ōsus -ous
• 1655–65

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vinous / ˈvaɪnəs/ adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of wine
2. indulging in or indicative of indulgence in wine

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin vīnōsus, from vīnum wine

ˈvinously adverb