envyned
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French enviner (“to store with wine”), from en- + vin (“wine”). See vine.
Adjective
[edit]envyned
- (nonce word) stored or furnished with wine
- p. 1387, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue:
- A better envyned man was no wher non.
- A better enwined man was nowhere known.
References
[edit]- “envyned”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.