vynolent
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin vīnolentus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]vynolent
- vinolent (tending to drink excessively)
- drunk, inebriated
- a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wife of Bath's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 467–468:
- In wommen vinolent is no defence / Þis knowen lecchours by experience
- In drunk women there isn't any defence; / Lechers know this through experience.
Descendants
[edit]- English: vinolent
References
[edit]- “vīnolent, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 April 2020.