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viny

/ˈvaɪni/

viny adjective: resembling or characteristic of a vine, especially in being twisty.

Adjective

viny (comparative vinier, superlative viniest)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a vine, especially in being twisty.
  2. Covered with vines.
    • Saru boast her favor’d soil,
      Orange walks, and viny fields,
      That reward their planter’s toil
      With every fruit luxuriance yields.1797, Charles Fox, “To the Poppy”, in A Series of Poems, Containing the Plaints, Consolations, and Delights of Achmed Ardebeili, a Persian Exile. […], Bristol: […] Bulgin and Rosser, for J[oseph]...
    • His mother didn’t mind Jacey’s excursions around the viny woods and the fields that surrounded her cottage in the hills—free herself, she wanted and expected her son to enjoy the same life, and she let him run as he would.1984, Charlie Smith, Canaan, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 13

Forms of viny

comparativevinier
superlativeviniest
alternative formviney

Origin of viny

From vine + -y.

Words formed from viny

Words that rhyme with viny

Questions about viny

What does viny mean?
Viny means resembling or characteristic of a vine, especially in being twisty.
What part of speech is viny?
Viny is an adjective.
How do you pronounce viny?
Viny is pronounced /ˈvaɪni/.

Words near viny in the dictionary

  1. vintress
  2. vintresses
  3. vintries
  4. vintry
  5. vints
  6. viny
  7. vinyard
  8. vinyards
  9. vinyasa
  10. vinyasas
  11. vinyerd

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