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vintage

[vin-tij]

noun

  1. the wine from a particular harvest or crop.

  2. the annual produce of the grape harvest, especially with reference to the wine obtained.

  3. an exceptionally fine wine from the crop of a good year.

  4. the time of gathering grapes, or of winemaking.

  5. the act or process of producing wine; winemaking.

  6. the class of a dated object with reference to era of production or use.

    a hat of last year's vintage.



adjective

  1. of or relating to wines or winemaking.

  2. being of a specified vintage.

    Vintage wines are usually more expensive than nonvintage wines.

  3. representing the high quality of a past time.

    vintage cars;

    vintage movies.

  4. old-fashioned or obsolete.

    vintage jokes.

  5. being the best of its kind.

    They praised the play as vintage O'Neill.

verb (used with object)

vintaged, vintaging 
  1. to gather or harvest (grapes) for wine-making.

    The muscats were vintaged too early.

  2. to make (wine) from grapes.

    a region that vintages a truly great champagne.

verb (used without object)

vintaged, vintaging 
  1. to harvest grapes for wine-making.

vintage

/ ˈɪԳɪ /

noun

  1. the wine obtained from a harvest of grapes, esp in an outstandingly good year, referred to by the year involved, the district, or the vineyard

  2. the harvest from which such a wine is obtained

    1. the harvesting of wine grapes

    2. the season of harvesting these grapes or for making wine

  3. a time of origin

    a car of Edwardian vintage

  4. informala group of people or objects of the same period

    a fashion of last season's vintage

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. (of wine) of an outstandingly good year

  2. representative of the best and most typical

    vintage Shakespeare

  3. of lasting interest and importance; venerable; classic

    vintage films

  4. old-fashioned; dated

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to gather (grapes) or make (wine)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonvintage adjective
  • unvintaged adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of vintage1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English (noun), from Anglo-French, from vint(er) vintner + -age -age; replacing Middle English vendage, vindage, from Anglo-French; Old French vendange, from Latin īԻŧ “grape-gathering,” equivalent to ī(ܳ) “grape, wine” ( wine ) + ŧ() “to take from” (from ŧ- de- + (e)mere “to buy, obtain, take”) + -ia -y 3
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of vintage1

C15: from Old French vendage (influenced by vintener vintner ), from Latin Իŧ, from īԳܳ wine , grape + ŧ to take away (from ŧ- away + emere to take)
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