Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Wine.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- n. The Italian or Spanish word for wine used in combination in various terms adopted from these languages (see Derived terms below)
- n. slang Wine, or a place which serves it or other alcohol.
WordNet 3.0
- n. fermented juice (of grapes especially)
Etymologies
- Italian or Spanish vino ("wine") (Wiktionary)
- Italian and Spanish, both from Latin vīnum. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Ay," said the schoolmaster, "upon the principle that _in vino veritas_; but you know that _gravatus vino_ and _ebrius_ are two different things -- _gravatus vino_, the juice o 'the grape -- och, och, as every one knows, could and stupid; but _ebrius_ from blessed poteen, that warms and gives ecstatic nutrition to the heart.”
The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two
“Not that i'm a total boozehead or anything, but I popped a housewarming bottle of vino from the Napa Valley's Topanga Vineyard this evening, and it struck me that a 2001 Cab Sav is no longer young.”
“An interesting note on this wine ... the winery that produced this great, affordable ($10-12) vino is owned by Novartis.”
“Smooth with fresh blackberries and cherries, this simple vino is great for pizza.”
“I wondered if it were a case of in vino veritas, and noted that wine was drunk in the Moslem strongholds of the Dedas.”
“To read some of the comments above, you’d think the appreciation of vino is wildly relative, when we know that cream rises to the top and there can be broad consensus on the assessment of a wine’s appeal.”
Study: points influence consumer perceptions! | Dr Vino's wine blog
“Usually I go for o.p. rum as my fave cold medicine but the vino was being a typical two year old, screaming loudly for attention.”
“What the Italians call a vino di meditazione - a wine to think over.”
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“Javino -- which is a combination of the words "java" and "vino" -- will serve Milwaukee coffee roasted by Anodyne, Alterra and Cedarburg Coffee.”
“I really wonder how Berlusconi really is viewed by people out of Italy. can be referred to as vino nero or black wine”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘vino’.
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• Iroquoisy
Isn't it? (See definition on iroquoisy.)
iroquoisy, iroquois, fruit bat, coccyx, heiligenschein, homesick, schadenfreude, awooga, tralatition, pessary, Kateri Tekakwitha, Cilicia and 28 more...
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botello360's list
ruminate, steel, bifurcation, arrivederci, portage, tactile, ruminant, rift, anecdotage, diacritic, cud, hull and 399 more...
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precious
coin, waiflike, zoo, captain, difference, diet, automagical, olive, noanoa, dusk, cookie, monday and 221 more...
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Moonshine
screech, moonshine, hooch, rotgut, firewater, bootleg, red-eye, sauce, varnish, mountain dew, sly grog, poteen and 30 more...
Tweets
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rolig There's nothing inferior about the vino I like to drink. Sep 15, 2011
MIRIAMKELLYDUNCAN awesome word Sep 15, 2011
ruzuzu Oh funny--I was just reading about things said "sub vino." See the comments about sub rosa. Sep 12, 2011
fbharjo vinone
(1) Sep 11, 2011
bilby Ah, but it's the one that contains veritas! Sep 11, 2011
actung An inferior wine. Sep 11, 2011