vinnewed

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/ˈvɪnjuːd/

adjective

Mouldy; (by extension) having some other unwanted or spoiling growth like mould.

OriginMiddle English yvyned ← Old English ġefinegod →
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Meanings

adjectivevinnewed (comparative more vinnewed, superlative most vinnewed)

comparative more vinnewed · superlative most vinnewed · alternative vinewed

  1. archaicdialectalrareMouldy; (by extension) having some other unwanted or spoiling growth like mould.

    17. —"As-vinnewed figs,"— Mr. Parkhurst.

    1810, George Somers Clarke, Hebrew Criticism and Poetry: […] , page 244
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    Vinnewed Ore [is] Copper Ore that has a blue or green spume, or efflorescence upon it like verdigris.

    1778, William Pryce, Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and ...., page 330

    Tólda, s. f. the mould on the top of wine that is vinnewed or vinny.

    1827, Antonio Vieyra, A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two [Parts]

Origin

  1. Old Englishfynegian“to become mouldy”
  2. Old Englishġefinegod
  3. Middle Englishyvyned
  4. Englishvinnewed

From Middle English yvyned (past participle of vynyen, *vinewen, *fenowen (“to be mouldy”)), from Old English ġefinegod, *ġefynegod, past participle of Old English fynegian (“to become mouldy”), from fyniġ (“mouldy, musty”), equivalent to finew + -ed. Doublet of fenowed. Related to Old English fyne (“moisture, mold, mildew”). More at finew.

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