vinal

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aɪnəl

Etymology 1

Introduced as a generic term by the Federal Trade Commission.

Alternative forms

vinylal

Noun

vinal (uncountable)

(US) polyvinyl alcohol fibers

Translations

type of fiber

Estonian: vinülaal
Finnish: vinylaali
Swedish: vinylal c, vinal c

Etymology 2

From Latin vīnālis (rare), from vīnum (“wine”), or directly from vīnum +‎ -al.^[1]

Adjective

vinal (not comparable)

Produced by, or originating in, wine.
- 1658, R. White, transl., A Late Discourse Made in a Solemn Assembly of Nobles and Learned Men at Montpellier in France, by Sir Kenelm Digby, K^t. &c. Touching the Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy. With Instructions How to Make the Said Powder; Whereby Many Other Secrets of Nature Are Unfolded., 4th edition, London: […] J G […], published 1664, page 110:
  To return then to the great chanel, and thread of our Diſcourse, the examples and experiment which I have already inſiſted upon in confirmation of the reaſons which I have alleged, do dearly demonſtrate, that the bodies which draw the atomes diſpersed in the aire, attract unto themſelves with a greater power and energy ſuch as are of their own nature, than ſuch as are heterogeneous, and of a ſtrange nature; As wine doth the vinal ſpirits; […]
- a. 1700, Thomas Ken, “Edmund: An Epic Poem”, in The Works of the Right Reverend, Learned and Pious Thomas Ken, D. D. Late Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, volume II, London: […] John Wyat […], published 1721, book XI, page 313:
  Their vinal Steams evaporating, they / Felt of their uſual Vigour a Decay; […]
- 1894, James Anthony Froude, Life and Letters of Erasmus: Lectures Delivered at Oxford 1893–4, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., pages 230–231:
  But, alas, the red wine which he sent to the boatmen took the taste of the bargeman’s wife, a red-faced sot of a woman. She drank it to the last drop, and then flew to arms and almost murdered a servant wench with oyster-shells. Then she rushed on deck, tackled her husband, and tried to pitch him overboard. There is vinal energy for you.

References

^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Vinal, a.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 2 (V–Z), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 210, column 1.

Anagrams

Alvin, Lavin, Vilna, anvil, nival

[1] James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Vinal, a.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 2 (V–Z), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 210, column 1.

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