viny

See also: víny

English

Alternative forms

• viney

Etymology

From vine +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪni

Adjective

viny (comparative vinier, superlative viniest)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a vine, especially in being twisty.
2. Covered with vines.
   • 1797, Charles Fox, “To the Poppy”, in A Series of Poems, Containing the Plaints, Consolations, and Delights of Achmed Ardebeili, a Persian Exile. […], Bristol: […] Bulgin and Rosser, for J[oseph] Cottle, […]; G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], and Cadell and Davies, […]:

     Saru boast her favor’d soil, / Orange walks, and viny fields, / That reward their planter’s toil / With every fruit luxuriance yields.

   • 1984, Charlie Smith, Canaan, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 13:

     His mother didn’t mind Jacey’s excursions around the viny woods and the fields that surrounded her cottage in the hills—free herself, she wanted and expected her son to enjoy the same life, and she let him run as he would.

   • 2003, Parke Puterbaugh, Alan Bisbort, California Beaches: The Best Places to Swim, Play, Eat, and Stay on the Coast (Foghorn Outdoors), 3rd edition, Emeryville, Calif.: Avalon Travel Publishing, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 411, column 1:

     This side of Aptos is just what the doctor ordered—a flat, open beach; pretty neighborhoods tucked into green, viny hills; and a handful of motels and restaurants within view of the water.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪnɪ]

Noun

viny f

1. inflection of vina:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural