vynolent
Middle English
FWOTD – 3 July 2020
Alternative forms
- vinolent
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vīnolentus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈviːnɔlɛnt/
Adjective
vynolent
- vinolent (tending to drink excessively)
- drunk, inebriated
- a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wife of Bath's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 467-468:
- In wommen vinolent is no defence / Þis knowen lecchours by experience
- In drunk women there isn't any defence; / Lechers know this through experience.
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Descendants
- English: vinolent
References
- “vīnolent, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 April 2020.