vinaceous
adjective, noun
vinaceous is an adjective meaning “Containing wine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-N-A-C-E-O-U-S, and it appears about once in every 55 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vinaceous mean?
adjective
- 1
Containing wine.
- 2
Of the colour of red wine.
Near-synonym: winelike
- 3
Of a specific color among several that represent red wine.
noun
- 1
A specific color among several that represent red wine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vinaceous
- more vinaceous comparative
- most vinaceous superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vinaceous?
Vinaceous appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does vinaceous come from?
Borrowed from Late Latin vinaceus, from Latin vinum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).