vinewed
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪnjuːd/
Adjective
vinewed (comparative more vinewed, superlative most vinewed)
- Alternative form of vinnewed
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
- Speak then, thou vinew'dest leaven, speak: I will beat thee into handsomeness.
- 1597, Francis Beaumont, letter to Thomas Speght
- […] many of his [Chaucer's] words are become (as it were) vinewed and hoary with over-long lying
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