winy

comparative winier · superlative winiest · alternative winey

1. Having the taste or qualities of wine.

   grapes of a winy taste

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   1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: or A Naturall Historie in Ten Centuries, London: William Lee, V. Century, p. 125, Take Cucumbers, or Pumpions, and set them (here and there) amongst Muske-Melons, and see whether the Melons will not be more Winy, and better tasted.

   They are much like ſuch Grapes as grow on our Vines, both in ſhape and colour; and they are of a very pleaſant Winy taſte.

   1697, William Dampier, chapter XIV, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, page 392

   The sun had the lovely strong winey warmth, golden over the dark-blue sea.

   1921, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Sea”, in Sea and Sardinia, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, →OCLC, page 65

   The sleeve-buttons were topazes, winy-yellow, lightly set in crinkly gold.

   1926, Willa Cather, My Mortal Enemy, New York: Vintage, published 1961, Part I, Chapter 4, p. 34

   Synonyms: vinous, vinaceous, winelike

2. Relating to the effects of drinking wine; especially, winedrunk.

   […] our banquet was turned by him to a battle and our winey mirths to bloody rages.

   1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, chapter 15, in The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC

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   It was late on the morning following our last chapter, ere he thought he had got rid of as much of his winy headache as fitful sleep would carry off, and enveloped himself in a blue and yellow-flowered silk dressing-gown and Turkish slippers.

   1853, R. S. Surtees, chapter 43, in Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour, New York: Stringer & Townsend, published 1856, page 269

   This, however, did not altogether account for the winey intoxication of happiness that filled her body.

   1924, Arthur Stringer, chapter 20, in Empty Hands, New York: A.L. Burt

   I thought how lucky it was I had started practising birth control during the day, because in my winey state that night I would never have bothered to perform the delicate and necessary operation.

   1963, Sylvia Plath, chapter 19, in The Bell Jar, London: Faber & Faber, published 1966

   Synonyms: vinous