vinolent
English
Etymology
From Latin vinolentus, from vinum ‘wine’.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvʌɪnələnt/
Adjective
vinolent (comparative more vinolent, superlative most vinolent)
- 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