vynolent

Middle English

FWOTD – 3 July 2020

Alternative forms

• vinolent

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīnolentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːnɔlɛnt/

Adjective

vynolent

1. vinolent (tending to drink excessively)
2. 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.