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Webster 1913 Edition


Vinolent

Vin′o-lent

,
Adj.
[L.
vinolentus
, fr.
vinum
wine.]
Given to wine; drunken; intemperate.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vinolent

VIN'OLENT

,
Adj.
Given to wine. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


vinolent

vinolent

English

Adjective

vinolent (comparative more vinolent, superlative most vinolent)

  1. fond of drinking wine, especially to excess
    • Late 14th century: In wommen vinolent is no defence – / Þis knowen lecchours by experience. — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Wife of Bath's Tale’, Canterbury Tales