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rhenish

Adjective, Noun

Rhen=ish

WORDNET DICTIONARY

rhenish(n = noun.food) hock, rhine wine - any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage); Array

is a kind of white wine

has particulars: riesling, liebfraumilch

Derived form adjective rhenish₁

rhenish(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it; "Rhenish wines tend to be sweet"

rhenish, a. [L. Rhenus the Rhine. ].

Of or pertaining to the river Rhine; as, Rhenish wine. [1913 Webster]

rhenish, adj. & n.
--adj. of the Rhine and the regions adjoining it.
--n. wine from this area.

Etymology

ME rynis, rynisch etc., f. AF reneis, OF r(a)inois f. L Rhenanus f. Rhenus Rhine

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