vinaceousadj.
/vʌɪˈneɪʃəs/, /vɪˈneɪʃəs/, U.S. /vaɪˈneɪʃəs/, /vəˈneɪʃəs/ a. Of the (reddish) colour of wine; wine-coloured.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > deep red or crimson
blood-redeOE
purpleOE
bloodyOE
purpurine1300
sanguinea1382
tuly1398
crimsonc1400
murreyc1400
purpurec1400
sanguinolentc1450
cramoisy1480
ruby-redc1487
rubya1500
sanguineousc1520
sanguine-coloured1552
blood-coloured1567
rubine1576
purple-red1578
rubied?1594
incarnadine1605
Tyrian?1614
rubiousa1616
murrey-coloured1657
haematine1658
vinaceous1688
carmine1737
claret-coloured1779
ensanguined1785
peony1810
sanguinaceous1816
gory1822
crimsony1830
vinous1834
laky1849
grenat1851
madder1852
wine-dark1855
pigeon's blood1870
poppy crimson1879
claret1882
vinous1894
alizarin1923
wine1950
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 244 The Throat [is] tinctured with a lovely vinaceous, graplike colour.
1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. ii. 315 The rump a fine cinereous: breast and belly, pale chesnut dashed with a vinaceous cast.
1804 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. (ed. 2) II. 379 The fore part of the neck and breast are vinaceous.
1815 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. i. 91 Throat and sides of the head vinaceous.
1889 P. L. Sclater & W. H. Hudson Argentine Ornithol. II. 140 Beneath plumbeous, with a strong vinaceous tinge.
b. Qualifying names of colours.
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1790 J. White Jrnl. Voy. New S. Wales 146 The general colour of the bird otherwise is brown, changing to vinaceous red on the breast.
1817 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. X. i. 5 Vinaceous-grey Coly, with a blue tail, crested head, and shining green occiput.
1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. i. 84 Pigeon with the head..of a vinaceous purple.
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 226 Olive-gray with a reddish tinge, crown and under parts vinaceous-red.
1889 P. L. Sclater & W. H. Hudson Argentine Ornithol. II. iii. 140 Above pale vinaceous brown.
c. elliptical or as n.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > deep red or crimson
crimson madderOE
purpureOE
murrey1305
tuly1398
oxblood?1440
crimson?a1475
sanguinea1500
carnation?1533
murrey colour1537
purple-red1565
ruby1572
sanguine red1601
velvet-crimson1646
lake1660
lac1682
rubine1704
madder red1728
ruby-red1738
granate1750
palm-colour1773
morone1777
carmine1799
vinaceous1819
incarnadine1821
crimsoning1833
pigeon's blood1865
solferinoc1865
Burgundy1881
sang-de-bœuf1881
vermilion-crimson1882
claret1884
royal red1890
wine1895
pigeon ruby red1897
Bordeaux1904
peony1914
madder crimson1991
1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. i. 126 The belly, sides, thighs, and under tail-coverts, of a reddish vinaceous.
1877 E. Coues & J. A. Allen Monogr. N. Amer. Rodentia (U.S. Geol. Surv. Territories, vol. XI) 811 The prevailing tint of the dorsal surface varies from gray to pale vinaceous.
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