"wine-dark" meaning in English

See wine-dark in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: The traditional translation/calque of Ancient Greek οἶνοψ (oînops), equivalent to wine + dark. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|grc|οἶνοψ|nocap=1}} calque of Ancient Greek οἶνοψ (oînops), {{compound|en|wine|dark}} wine + dark Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} wine-dark (not comparable)
  1. (literary, especially of the sea) Resembling the dark color (or perhaps other properties) of red wine. Tags: especially, literary, not-comparable Categories (topical): Purples
    Sense id: en-wine-dark-en-adj-en:resembling_wine__in_its_dark_color_or_otherwise Disambiguation of Purples: 33 33 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 36 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 36 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 37 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 33 34
  2. (literary, especially of the sea) Resembling the dark color (or perhaps other properties) of red wine.
    Of a specific color among several that represent red wine.
    Tags: especially, literary, not-comparable Categories (topical): Purples
    Sense id: en-wine-dark-en-adj-en:resembling_wine__in_its_dark_color_or_otherwise1 Disambiguation of Purples: 33 33 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 36 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 36 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 37 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 33 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: winedark

Noun

Etymology: The traditional translation/calque of Ancient Greek οἶνοψ (oînops), equivalent to wine + dark. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|grc|οἶνοψ|nocap=1}} calque of Ancient Greek οἶνοψ (oînops), {{compound|en|wine|dark}} wine + dark Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} wine-dark (uncountable)
  1. A specific color among several that represent red wine. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Purples Translations (dark like wine): οἶνοψ (oînops) (Ancient Greek), weinfarben (German), weindunkel (German)
    Sense id: en-wine-dark-en-noun-en:color_470551 Disambiguation of Purples: 33 33 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 36 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 36 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 37 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 33 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: winedark

Alternative forms

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