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wineology

wineology noun: the study of wine.

Noun

wineology (uncountable)

  1. The study of wine.
    • Dr. Ehrhart protested no country under the sun equaled Portugal for curiosities in mineralogy, theology, and wineology — which ology he was now convinced was the best of them all.1835, [William Beckford], Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha, London: Richard Bentley, page 65
    • […]Wine College, taking courses in wineology, physics, agriculture, mathematics, etc.1947, Wage and Hour Cases, page 15
    Synonyms:
    oenology, vinology

Examples of wineology in a sentence

  • Editor John Torinus could enlighten us on wineology, crosscountry skiing, sailing and the joys and pains of being an editor.1975 August 24, Knauf, “Let’s chip in, buy Novitiate”, in Sunday Post-Crescent, page B-3:
  • I don’t understand all this wineology, which obviously makes me something less than an authority on wine.1979 September 23, Len Wagner, “Tastes turn from lager to Lambrusco”, in Green Bay Press-Gazette, volume LXIV, number 86, Green Bay, Wis....
  • Released late last year, it is a full 1,088 pages of wineology from abboccato (Italia for medium-sweet wine) to zwiegelt (Austria’s most popular dark-berried grape variety).1995 March 1, Douglas Bailey, “Harvesting the new crop of wine books”, in The Boston Globe, volume 247, number 60, page 62:
  • What’s more, there is a wineology class Saturday afternoon by noted winemaker Jim Clendenen.2008 June 7, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, volume 127, number 128, page D7:

Synonyms of wineology

Forms of wineology

alternative formwine-ology

Origin of wineology

From wine + -ology.

Questions about wineology

What does wineology mean?
Wineology means the study of wine.
How do you use wineology in a sentence?
Editor John Torinus could enlighten us on wineology, crosscountry skiing, sailing and the joys and pains of being an editor.
What part of speech is wineology?
Wineology is a noun.

Words near wineology in the dictionary

  1. winemerchants
  2. Winemiller
  3. Winemillers
  4. winemonger
  5. winemongers
  6. wineology
  7. winepot
  8. winepots
  9. winepress
  10. winepresses
  11. winer

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