MALMSEY

malmsey

(noun) sweet Madeira wine

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

malmsey (countable and uncountable, plural malmseys)

A sweet fortified wine made in Madeira, originally from the malvasia grape.

Synonym: malvoisie

Source: Wiktionary


Malm"sey, n. Etym: [OE. malvesie, F. malvoisie, It. malvasia, malavagia, fr. Malvasia, or Napoli di Malvasia, in the Morea.]

Definition: A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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