vintage
adjective/ˈvɪntɪdʒ/
/ˈvɪntɪdʒ/
[only before noun]- vintage wine is of very good quality and has been stored for several yearsTopics Drinksc2
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- (British English) (of a vehicle) made between 1919 and 1930 and admired for its style and interest
- a vintage rally (= for vehicles of this type)
- typical of a period in the past and of high quality; the best work of the particular person
- a collection of vintage designs
- vintage TV drama
- The opera is vintage Rossini.
- vintage year a particularly good and successful year
- 2008 was not a vintage year for the movies.
Word Originlate Middle English: alteration (influenced by vintner) of earlier vendage, from Old French vendange, from Latin vindemia (from vinum ‘wine’ + demere ‘remove’).
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