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Rhenish

adj
/ˈɹɛnɪʃ/UK/ˈɹɛnɪʃ/US

Etymology

From Rhine + -ish (with the first element taking a Latinate form; see Rhēnus).

  1. derived from Rhin
  2. derived from *h₃reyH-✻
  3. derived from *reinos✻
  4. derived from Rēnos
  5. derived from *Rīnaz✻
  6. derived from *Rīn✻
  7. derived from Rīn
  8. inherited from Rīn — “the Rhine”
  9. inherited from Rine
  10. suffixed as rhenish — “Rhine + ish”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to wine produced in the Rhine region.

  2. Pertaining to the Rhine river or region.

  3. A wine from the area around the Rhine.

    • He insists on drinking Rhenish from a stein!
    • A peſtilence on him for a madde rogue, a pourd a flagon of Reniſh on my head once; […]
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The linguistic varieties spoken in the Rhineland, a continuum between traditional…

      The linguistic varieties spoken in the Rhineland, a continuum between traditional dialects and regional forms of Standard German.

The neighborhood

Derived

Rhenish fan, Low Rhenish

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA