malmsey
English
Etymology
Via Middle English from Middle Dutch malemeseye, from Italian via Old French, ultimately from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις).
Pronunciation
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Noun
malmsey (countable and uncountable, plural malmseys)
- A sweet fortified wine made in Madeira, originally from the malvasia grape.
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York, published 2001, page 223:
- All black wines, over-hot, compound, strong, thick drinks, as muscadine, malmsey, alicant, rumney, brown bastard, metheglin, and the like […]
- Synonym: malvoisie
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York, published 2001, page 223:
Translations
wine made from malvasia
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