different between vinnewed vs vinew

English

Alternative forms

• vinewed

Etymology

From Middle English yvyned, past participle of vynye (“to be mouldy”), from Old English fynegian (“to become mouldy”), from fyni? (“mouldy, musty”). Related to Old English fyne (“moisture, mold, mildew”). More at finew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?nju?d/

Adjective

vinnewed (comparative more vinnewed, superlative most vinnewed)

1. (dialectal) mouldy
2. (archaic) musty

   Many of Chaucer's words are become, as it were, vinnewed and hoary with over-long lying. --F. Beaumont.

Derived terms

• vinnewedness

Related terms

• vinney
• vinnowy
• fenowed
• finew

English

Etymology

Variant of finew, from Middle English *fine, from Old English fyne (“moisture, mold, mildew”), from Proto-Germanic *funiz, *funj? (“moisture, mold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pan- (“mud, slush, morass”). Related to Middle Low German vunsch and Middle Dutch vunsc (“musty”), Old English fenn (“swamp, bog”). More at fen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?nju?/

Noun

vinew (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) moldiness, mould

Verb

vinew (third-person singular simple present vinews, present participle vinewing, simple past and past participle vinewed)

1. (obsolete) To become musty or mouldy.

Related terms

• vinnow
• vinnewed, vinewed
• Blue Vinney