MUSCADEL

muscat, muscatel, muscadel, muscadelle

(noun) wine from muscat grapes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

muscadel (countable and uncountable, plural muscadels)

muscatel (wine or grape)

Source: Wiktionary


Mus"ca*del`, n. Etym: [It. moscadello, moscatello, LL. muscatellum or muscadellum (sc. vinum), fr. muscatellus nutmeglike, dim. of muscatus smelling like musk, muscatum and muscata (sc. nux) nutmeg: cf. F. muscadelle, fr. Italian. See Musk and cf. Moschatel, Muscardin, Muscat, Nutmeg.]

Definition: See Muscatel, n. Quaffed off the muscadel. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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