zinfandel

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Etymology

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Unknown origin; wine sense used from 1896, grape sense from 1880. Possibly a transmission of German Zierfandler, a different wine grape, through a Hungarian intermediary such as czirifandli (now Cirfandli.

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Noun

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zinfandel (countable and uncountable, plural zinfandels)

  1. A dry red wine of California.
    • 2008, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots: 419[1]:
      This zinfandel’s delish. Where’d you get it?
  2. A small black grape from which zinfandel wine is made.

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