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vintage

Syllabification: (vin·tage)
Pronunciation: /ˈvintij/

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Definition of vintage

noun

  • the year or place in which wine, especially wine of high quality, was produced.
  • a wine of high quality made from the crop of a single identified district in a good year.
  • literary wine.
  • the harvesting of grapes for winemaking.
  • the grapes or wine produced in a particular season.
  • the time that something of quality was produced:rifles of various sizes and vintages

adjective

  • of, relating to, or denoting wine of high quality:vintage claret
  • denoting something of high quality, especially something from the past or characteristic of the best period of a person’s work:a vintage Sherlock Holmes adventure

Origin:

late Middle English: alteration (influenced by vintner) of earlier vendage, from Old French vendange, from Latin vindemia (from vinum 'wine' + demere 'remove')

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