vinous adjective. ['vʌɪnǝs] LME.
[from Latin vinum + -OUS.]
1. Of the nature of or resembling wine; made of or prepared with wine. LME.
vinous liquor alcoholic drink made from grapes, wine.
b. Producing wine or similar liquor. rare. L17.

2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of wine. E18.
vinous fermentation (now rare) alcoholic fermentation.

3. Fond of wine or of drinking; resulting from or affected by drinking wine etc.; drunken. L18.

4. Of the reddish colour of wine, wine-red, vinaceous. M19.

■ vinously adverb M19.

■ vinousness noun E18.

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