Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Wine.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A native drink in the Philippines. See buri and tuba, 1.

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  • noun The Italian or Spanish word for wine used in combination in various terms adopted from these languages (see Derived terms below)
  • noun slang Wine, or a place which serves it or other alcohol.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun fermented juice (of grapes especially)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian and Spanish, both from Latin vīnum.]

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Italian or Spanish vino ("wine")

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Examples

  • "Ay," said the schoolmaster, "upon the principle that _in vino veritas_; but you know that _gravatus vino_ and _ebrius_ are two different things -- _gravatus vino_, the juice o 'the grape -- och, och, as every one knows, could and stupid; but _ebrius_ from blessed poteen, that warms and gives ecstatic nutrition to the heart."

    The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831

  • Not that i'm a total boozehead or anything, but I popped a housewarming bottle of vino from the Napa Valley's Topanga Vineyard this evening, and it struck me that a 2001 Cab Sav is no longer young.

    Time flies when you're having fun. 2006

  • Smooth with fresh blackberries and cherries, this simple vino is great for pizza.

    Over the Barrel 2005

  • An interesting note on this wine ... the winery that produced this great, affordable ($10-12) vino is owned by Novartis.

    From the Vine 2005

  • I wondered if it were a case of in vino veritas, and noted that wine was drunk in the Moslem strongholds of the Dedas.

    High Albania Mary Edith 1909

  • To read some of the comments above, you’d think the appreciation of vino is wildly relative, when we know that cream rises to the top and there can be broad consensus on the assessment of a wine’s appeal.

    Study: points influence consumer perceptions! | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

  • Usually I go for o.p. rum as my fave cold medicine but the vino was being a typical two year old, screaming loudly for attention.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » The balancing act. 2009

  • What the Italians call a vino di meditazione - a wine to think over.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Javino -- which is a combination of the words "java" and "vino" -- will serve Milwaukee coffee roasted by Anodyne, Alterra and Cedarburg Coffee.

    OnMilwaukee.com 2009

  • I really wonder how Berlusconi really is viewed by people out of Italy. can be referred to as vino nero or black wine

    Do Bianchi 2008

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  • An inferior wine.

    September 11, 2011

  • Ah, but it's the one that contains veritas!

    September 12, 2011

  • vinone

    (1)

    September 12, 2011

  • Oh funny--I was just reading about things said "sub vino." See the comments about sub rosa.

    September 12, 2011

  • awesome word

    September 15, 2011

  • There's nothing inferior about the vino I like to drink.

    September 15, 2011