wine-dark

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wine-dark

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The traditional translation/calque of Ancient Greek οἶνοψ (oînops, “with the appearance of wine”), equivalent to wine + dark.

adjective winedark

especially, literary, not comparable, of the sea Resembling the dark color (or perhaps other properties) of red wine. Near-synonyms: vinous, vinaceous, wine-blue, winelike
Similar: vinous, vinaceous, wine-blue, winelike
especially, literary, not comparable, of the sea Of a specific color among several that represent red wine.
Similar: vinous, vinaceous, wine-blue, winelike

noun winedark

uncountable A specific color among several that represent red wine.

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noun dark like wine

Deutsch	weinfarben, weindunkel

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@misc{wine_dark_2026,
  title = {wine-dark},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wine-dark},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}