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vinous

The origin and history of vinous.

Etymology

Came into English as Late Middle English vinous or vinose (“consisting of, containing, or made of wine”), from Latin vīnōsus (“fond of wine; wine-flavoured”), from vīnum (“wine”) plus -ōsus, an adjective-forming suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’.

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