viny

¹

[ vahy-nee ]

adjective

, vin·i·er, vin·i·est.

1. of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling vines:

   viny tendrils.

2. abounding in or producing vines:

   a viny region.

Viny

²

[ vahy-nee ]

noun

1. a female given name.

Word History and Origins

Origin of viny¹

First recorded in 1560–70; vine + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Mendelsohn explained that the viny cucumber, usually crowded out by other plants, is exploding in the Santa Monicas because it has received more sunlight than usual with the overgrowth burned away.

From Los Angeles Times

Here, my heart truly went out to a dude facing terror on Skull Island: imagine being Eric William Morris, who plays the film director Carl Denham, having to hang from a viny trellis and sing “Disaster is not the opposite of opportunity” in the moments after Kong has dazzled us.

From Slate

Tiptoed straight into the melon patch, all viny, with melons ripe for the picking.

From Literature

The gardens were all brown stalks and stubble and fallen leaves by now, and so was this one, except for one viny upshoot of green and red.

From Literature

The viny scent of wine, cut with the stringent reek of strong alcohol, enveloped us.

From The New Yorker