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Rheinish

Rheinish is the alternative form of Rhenish.

Meaning of Rhenish

Adjective

Rhenish (comparative more Rhenish, superlative most Rhenish)

  1. Pertaining to wine produced in the Rhine region.
    • He tooke his rouſe with ſtopes of Rhenniſh wine / So kindly yeſternight to Bruno's health, / That all this day the ſluggard kéepes his bed.1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Mar[lowe], The Tragicall Historie of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. […], London: […] Iohn Wright, […], published 1616 (1631 reprint), →OCLC, signature...
  2. Pertaining to the Rhine river or region.

See all 4 meanings of Rhenish

Forms of Rheinish

comparativemore Rheinish
superlativemost Rheinish

Origin of Rheinish

From German Rhein + -ish.

Questions about Rheinish

What is Rheinish the alternative form of?
Rheinish is the alternative form of Rhenish.

Words near Rheinish in the dictionary

  1. rheine
  2. Rheineck
  3. Rheinfelden
  4. Rheingold
  5. Rheingoldian
  6. Rheinish
  7. Rheinstetten
  8. Rheintal
  9. Rheinwaldhorn
  10. RHEL
  11. Rhem

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