port-wineyadj.
/ˌpɔːtˈwʌɪni/, U.S. /ˈpɔrtˈwaɪni/ Resembling or reminiscent of port; of the dark red colour of port.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > fortified wine, Madeira wine, and sack > [adjective] > relating to port
porty1859
port-winey1880
the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > yellowish-red > specifically of wine
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port-winey1880
1880 M. E. Braddon Asphodel xi, in All Year Round 9 Oct. 507/2 Those prosy port-winey old sermons of his.
1909 R. W. Service Ballads of Cheechako (1910) 54 I smoked and sat as I marvelled at the sky's port-winey glow.
1947 M. Panter-Downes One Fine Day x. 83 This port-winy, sombre, mysterious inner sanctum.
1994 Times (Nexis) 1 Aug. With his port-winey voice, and a twinkle in his eye to match the twinkle of his patent-leather shoes, Greenwell brings an air of mischief to the proceedings.
Derivatives
port-ˈwinily adv. rare
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > fortified wine, Madeira wine, and sack > [adverb] > in manner of port
port-winily1921
1921 A. Huxley Crome Yellow ii. 8 There was the dining-room, solidly, port-winily English, with its great mahogany table.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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