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Supervocalic words

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vinaceous


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PRONUNCIATION:

(vy/vi/vuh-NAY-shuhs)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Relating to wine.
2. Of the color of red wine: reddish.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin vinum (wine). Earliest documented use: 1688.

USAGE:

“He took another piece made of darker clay. It had been burnished to make it shine like vinaceous enamel.”
Bob Shacochis; Easy in the Islands; Grove Press; 2004.

See more usage examples of vinaceous in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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