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vinaceous, a.|vaɪˈneɪʃəs|
[f. L. vīnāce-us, f. vīn-um wine: see -aceous.]
Of the (reddish) colour of wine; wine-coloured.
1688Holme Armoury ii. 244 The Throat [is] tinctured with a lovely vinaceous, graplike colour. 1776Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4) I. 267 The rump a fine cinereous: breast and belly, pale chesnut dashed with a vinaceous cast. 1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1805) II. 388 The fore part of the neck and breast are vinaceous. 1815Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. i. 91 Throat and sides of the head vinaceous. 1889P. L. Sclater Argentine Ornith. II. 140 Beneath plumbeous, with a strong vinaceous tinge.
b. Qualifying names of colours.
1788J. White Jrnl. Voy. N.S. Wales (1790) 146 The general colour of the bird otherwise is brown, changing to vinaceous red on the breast. 1817Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. X. i. 5 Vinaceous-grey Coly, with a blue tail, crested head, and shining green occiput. Ibid. XI. i. 84 Pigeon with the head..of a vinaceous purple. 1872Coues N. Amer. Birds 226 Olive-gray with a reddish tinge, crown and under parts vinaceous-red. 1889P. L. Sclater Argentine Ornith. iii. 140 Above pale vinaceous brown.
c. ellipt. or as n.
1819Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. i. 126 The belly, sides, thighs, and under tail-coverts, of a reddish vinaceous. 1877Coues & Allen N. Amer. Rod. 811 The prevailing tint of the dorsal surface varies from gray to pale vinaceous. |