vinewed

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/ˈvɪnjuːd/

A form of vinnewed — Mouldy; (by extension) having some other unwanted or spoiling growth like mould.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivevinewed (comparative more vinewed, superlative most vinewed)

comparative more vinewed · superlative most vinewed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of vinnewed.

    Speak then, thou vinew'dest leaven, speak: I will beat thee into handsomeness.

    c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]
    1 more example

    1597, Francis Beaumont, letter to Thomas Speghthttps://www.google.es/books/edition/The_Works_of_Our_Ancient_Learned_Excelle/-F_IkEVMr_MC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22hoary+with+over-long+lying%22&pg=PP13&printsec=frontcover […] many of his [Chaucer's] words are become (as it were) vinewed and hoary with over-long lying

verb
  1. obsoleteparticiplepastpast participle of vinew
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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