vynolent

Middle English

FWOTD – 3 July 2020

Alternative forms

vinolent

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīnolentus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈviːnɔlɛnt/

Adjective

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

English: vinolent

References

“vīnolent, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 April 2020.

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