vintage

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noun

vin·tage �?vin-tij

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a(1)

: a season's yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard

(2)

: wine

especially : a usually superior wine all or most of which comes from a single year

: a collection of contemporaneous and similar persons or things : crop

: the act or time of harvesting grapes or making wine

: a period of origin or manufacture

a piano of 1845 vintage

: length of existence : age

vintage

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adjective

of wine : of, relating to, or produced in a particular vintage

: of old, recognized, and enduring interest, importance, or quality : classic

: dating from the past : old

: outmoded, old-fashioned

: of the best and most characteristic

—used with a proper noun

vintage Shaw: a wise and winning comedy—

Time

Examples of vintage in a Sentence

Noun a piano of 1845 vintage Adjective the designer's bracelets and necklaces have the vintage look of jewelry from the 1920s

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Noun

Or Miami can go the vintage safety route and target someone in their 30s such as Justin Simmons, Tyrann Mathieu, Quandre Diggs or Vonn Bell. —

Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025 But she’s also become a serious player in the vintage game, too. —

Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2025

Adjective

While it’s spoken of only briefly, his adoration for vintage McGwyer Mortimer is clearly a way of keeping alive the memory of his late wife, who was an even bigger fan. —

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2025 The 1,000-square-foot shop, said to be the oldest comic shop in Florida, has long boxes of vintage comic books and stacks of collectible Spider-Man figures stacked to the ceiling. —

Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for vintage

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, probably alteration of vendage, from Anglo-French vendage, vendenge, from Latin vindemia grape-gathering, vintage, from vinum wine, grapes + demere to take off, from de- + emere to take — more at wine, redeem

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Adjective

1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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vintage

noun

vin·tage

�?vint-ij

: the grapes or wine produced during one season

: wine entry 1 sense 1

: a period in which something was made or was begun

a violin of 1820 vintage

vintage adjective

Etymology

Noun

Middle English vintage, an altered form of vendage "the grapes picked during a season," from early French vendage, vendenge (same meaning), from Latin vindemia (same meaning), from vinum "wine, grapes" and demere "to take off" — related to vine, vinegar

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