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Word of the day May 27
The Word of the Day for May 27 is:
vinaceous • \vye-NAY-shuss\ • (adjective) of the color wine; dark red
A little more information about today’s word:
The first recorded evidence of "vinaceous" in English dates from 1688, about the time of the accession of Mary II. If ever the queen used "vinaceous," she was probably in the confines of her landscaped garden, admiring the vinaceous shades of petals or looking indifferently at the vinaceous cap of a mushroom; since its beginning, "vinaceous" has flourished in the earthy lexicon of horticulture and mycology. It has also taken flight in the ornithological world as a descriptive word for the unique dark-red coloring of some birds, like the vinaceous amazon or vinaceous rosefinch. You probably won’t encounter these exotic birds while enjoying the spring weather in your neighborhood, but you might see someone tossing a vinaceous Frisbee or jogging by in a vinaceous T-shirt.
My sentence:
At the art museum, we saw a portrait of Mary II wearing a magnificent vinaceous dress befitting her royal splendor.
Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition.
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