Meanings
alternative œnopoetic
- not comparableOf or pertaining to winemaking; vinicultural.
1 more example
While the principles of the most common methods of vinification are thus easily stated, the details to be noted are so numerous, owing to the variations determined by different vines, customs, and countries, that we must state them in the chapters treating of the viticulture of each œnopoetic district.
1872, J. L. W. Thudichum, August Dupré, “Vintage and Vinification”, in A Treatise on the Origin, Nature, and Varieties of Wine: Being a Complete Manual of Viticulture and Œnology, London and New York: Macmillan and Co., page 100
Origin
- Ancient Greekοἶνος“wine”
- Englishoenopoetic
From oeno- + -poetic, from Ancient Greek οἶνος (oînos, “wine”) + ποιητικός (poiētikós, “making, producing”).
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Bulgarian винарски
- винарски (vinarski)pertaining to winemaking
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