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vintage
English
Etymology
From Middle English vendage, vyndage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Old French vendage, vendenge (cognate with French vendange), from Latin v?nd?mia (“a gathering of grapes, vintage”), from v?num (“wine”) + d?m? (“take off or away, remove”), from de (“of; from, away from”) + em? (“acquire, obtain”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: v?n?t?j, IPA(key): /?v?n.t?d?/
Noun
vintage (countable and uncountable, plural vintages)
- The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
- Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
- The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
- The year or place in which something is produced.
Derived terms
- make vintage
Translations
Adjective
vintage (comparative more vintage, superlative most vintage)
- (attributively) Of or relating to a vintage, or to wine identified by a specific vintage.
- (attributively) Having an enduring appeal; high-quality.
- (attributively) Classic (such as watches, video or computer games from the 1980s and early 1990s, old magazines, etc.).
- (Of a motor car) built between the years 1919 and (usually) 1930 (or sometimes 1919 to 1925 in the USA).
- (Of a watch) produced between the years 1870 and 1980.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
vintage (third-person singular simple present vintages, present participle vintaging, simple past and past participle vintaged)
- (transitive) To harvest (grapes).
- (transitive) To make (wine) from grapes.
Derived terms
- vintaging
Translations
See also
- classic
- veteran
Further reading
- vintage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vintage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Vigeant, vagient
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English vintage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vin.t?d?/, /v??.ta?/
Adjective
vintage (plural vintages)
- vintage
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English vintage. Doublet of vendimia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bin?taxe/, [b?n??t?a.xe]
Adjective
vintage (plural vintages)
- vintage
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thrift
English
Etymology
From Middle English thrift, thryfte, þrift, from Old Norse þrift (“thriving condition, prosperity”). Equivalent to thrive +? -t.
Pronunciation
- enPR: thr?ft, IPA(key): /???ft/
- Rhymes: -?ft
Wikispecies
Noun
thrift (countable and uncountable, plural thrifts)
- (uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
- His thrift can be seen in how little the trashman takes from his house.
- The rest, […] willing to fall to thrift , as I have seene many souldiers after the service to prove very good husbands
- 1892, Ambrose Bierce, Tales of Soldiers and Civilians - Holy Terror
- […] it would appear that before taking this precaution Mr. Bree must have had the thrift to remove a modest competency of the gold […]
- (countable, US) A savings bank.
- Usually, home mortgages are obtained from thrifts.
- (countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.
- (obsolete) Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity; profit.
- 1380-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales:
- Medleth na-more with that art, I mene, / For, if ye doon, your thrift is goon ful clene.
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene i[1]:
- Bassanio: […] And many Jasons come in quest of her. / O my Antonio, had I but the means / To hold a rival place with one of them, / I have a mind presages me such thrift, / That I should questionless be fortunate!
- c. 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III scene ii[2]:
- Hamlet: No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, / And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee / Where thrift may follow fawning.
- 1380-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales:
- (obsolete) Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
Synonyms
- (characteristic of using a minimum of something): frugality
Antonyms
- spendthrift
Derived terms
- thrifty
- thrift shop
- thrift store
Related terms
Translations
Verb
thrift (third-person singular simple present thrifts, present participle thrifting, simple past and past participle thrifted)
- (transitive) To obtain from a thrift shop.
References
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