vintage

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noun

vin·​tage ˈvin-tij How to pronounce vintage (audio)
Synonyms of vintagenext
1
a(1)
: a season's yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard
(2)
: wine
especially : a usually superior wine all or most of which comes from a single year
b
: a collection of contemporaneous and similar persons or things : crop
2
: the act or time of harvesting grapes or making wine
3
a
: a period of origin or manufacture
a piano of 1845 vintage
b
: length of existence : age

vintage

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adjective

1
of wine : of, relating to, or produced in a particular vintage
2
: of old, recognized, and enduring interest, importance, or quality : classic
3
a
: dating from the past : old
b
: outmoded, old-fashioned
4
: of the best and most characteristic
—used with a proper noun
vintage Shaw: a wise and winning comedy—Time

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Adjective

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Examples of vintage in a Sentence

Noun a piano of 1845 vintage Adjective the designer's bracelets and necklaces have the vintage look of jewelry from the 1920s
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Noun
Sign up Mining Exchange Hotel, Colorado Springs (Image credit: Michael Kleinberg Photography) The Mining Exchange Hotel offers a vintage take on elegance. —Catherine Garcia, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024 But beyond the gold medal vintage, Grande is also going the custom route. —Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
On the wall, Volume by Guy de Rougemont (1972) and vintage 1970s aluminum sconces. —Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024 The cocktails were served in vintage tumblers and highballs from North Country Vintage, which is owned by Joanna Murphy. —Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for vintage 

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, probably alteration of vendage, from Anglo-French vendage, vendenge, from Latin vindemia grape-gathering, vintage, from vinum wine, grapes + demere to take off, from de- + emere to take — more at wine, redeem

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Adjective

1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of vintage was in the 15th century

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vintage

noun
vin·​tage
ˈvint-ij
1
a
: the grapes or wine produced during one season
b
: wine entry 1 sense 1
2
: a period in which something was made or was begun
a violin of 1820 vintage
vintage adjective
Etymology

Noun

Middle English vintage, an altered form of vendage "the grapes picked during a season," from early French vendage, vendenge (same meaning), from Latin vindemia (same meaning), from vinum "wine, grapes" and demere "to take off" — related to vine, vinegar

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