Dictionary

viny en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈvaɪni/

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English vyne English vine Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English viny From vine + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a vine, especially in being twisty.
2. Covered with vines.
   • Saru boast her favor’d soil, Orange walks, and viny fields, That reward their planter’s toil With every fruit luxuriance yields. 1797, Charles Fox, “To the Poppy”, in A Series of Poems, Containing the Plaints, Consolations, and Delights of Achmed Ardebeili, a Persian Exile. […], Bristol: […] Bulgin and Rosser, for J[oseph] Cottle, […]; G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], and Cadell and Davies, […]:
   • His mother didn’t mind Jacey’s excursions around the viny woods and the fields that surrounded her cottage in the hills—free herself, she wanted and expected her son to enjoy the same life, and she let him run as he would. 1984, Charlie Smith, Canaan, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 13:
   • This side of Aptos is just what the doctor ordered—a flat, open beach; pretty neighborhoods tucked into green, viny hills; and a handful of motels and restaurants within view of the water. 2003, Parke Puterbaugh, Alan Bisbort, California Beaches: The Best Places to Swim, Play, Eat, and Stay on the Coast (Foghorn Outdoors), 3rd edition, Emeryville, Calif.: Avalon Travel Publishing, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 411, column 1:

Forms

Deriveds

vininess