vintage

[ vin-tij ]

/ ˈvɪn tɪdʒ /

noun

the wine from a particular harvest or crop.

the annual produce of the grape harvest, especially with reference to the wine obtained.

an exceptionally fine wine from the crop of a good year.

the time of gathering grapes, or of winemaking.

the act or process of producing wine; winemaking.

the class of a dated object with reference to era of production or use: a hat of last year's vintage.

adjective

of or relating to wines or winemaking.

being of a specified vintage: Vintage wines are usually more expensive than nonvintage wines.

representing the high quality of a past time: vintage cars; vintage movies.

old-fashioned or obsolete: vintage jokes.

being the best of its kind: They praised the play as vintage O'Neill.

verb (used with object), vin·taged, vin·tag·ing.

to gather or harvest (grapes) for wine-making: The muscats were vintaged too early.

to make (wine) from grapes: a region that vintages a truly great champagne.

verb (used without object), vin·taged, vin·tag·ing.

to harvest grapes for wine-making.

Origin of vintage

1400–50; late Middle English (noun) < Anglo-French, equivalent to vint(er) vintner + -age -age; replacing Middle English vindage, vendage < Anglo-French; Old French vendange < Latin vīndēmia grape-gathering, equivalent to vīn(um) grape, wine + -dēmia a taking away ( dēm(ere) to take from (see redeem) + -ia -y³)

OTHER WORDS FROM vintage

non·vin·tage, adjective, noun un·vin·taged, adjective

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vinometer, vinosity, vinous, vinson, vinson massif, vintage, vintage car, vintage wine, vintage year, vintager, vintner

British Dictionary definitions for nonvintage (1 of 2)

nonvintage

/ (nɒnˈvɪntɪdʒ) /

adjective

(of wine) not of an outstandingly good year

not representative of the best two nonvintage teams

British Dictionary definitions for nonvintage (2 of 2)

vintage

/ (ˈvɪntɪdʒ) /

noun

the wine obtained from a harvest of grapes, esp in an outstandingly good year, referred to by the year involved, the district, or the vineyard

the harvest from which such a wine is obtained

the harvesting of wine grapes
the season of harvesting these grapes or for making wine

a time of origin a car of Edwardian vintage

informal a group of people or objects of the same period a fashion of last season's vintage

adjective

(of wine) of an outstandingly good year

representative of the best and most typical vintage Shakespeare

of lasting interest and importance; venerable; classic vintage films

old-fashioned; dated

verb

(tr) to gather (grapes) or make (wine)

Word Origin for vintage

C15: from Old French vendage (influenced by vintener vintner), from Latin vindēmia, from vīnum wine, grape + dēmere to take away (from dē- away + emere to take)

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vintage

noun

adjective

verb (used with object), vin·taged, vin·tag·ing.

verb (used without object), vin·taged, vin·tag·ing.

Origin of vintage

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vintage

noun

adjective

verb (used with object), vin·taged, vin·tag·ing.

verb (used without object), vin·taged, vin·tag·ing.

Origin of vintage

OTHER WORDS FROM vintage

Words nearby vintage

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