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malmsey

UK/ˈmɑːmzɪ/US/ˈmɑ(l)mzi/

malmsey noun: a sweet fortified wine made in Madeira, originally from the malvasia grape.

Noun

malmsey (countable and uncountable, plural malmseys)

  1. A sweet fortified wine made in Madeira, originally from the malvasia grape.
    • Take that, and that, if all this will not do, Stabs him. Ile drowne you in the Malmesey-But within.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • All black wines, over-hot, compound, strong, thick drinks, as muscadine, malmsey, alicant, rumney, brown bastard, metheglin, and the like […], New York, published 2001, page 223
    Synonyms:
    malvoisie

malmsey meaning in Bengali

malmsey in Bengali

গ্রিস

Synonyms of malmsey

Forms of malmsey

pluralmalmseys
alternative formmalmesey

Origin of malmsey

Via Middle English malmesye 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). Doublet of malvoisie.

Questions about malmsey

What does malmsey mean?
Malmsey means a sweet fortified wine made in Madeira, originally from the malvasia grape.
What is malmsey in Bengali?
Malmsey in Bengali is গ্রিস. See Malmsey meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is malmsey?
Malmsey is a noun.
How do you pronounce malmsey?
Malmsey is pronounced /ˈmɑːmzɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of malmsey?
The plural of malmsey is malmseys.

Words near malmsey in the dictionary

  1. Malmquist
  2. Malmquist bias
  3. Malmquists
  4. malms
  5. Malmsbury
  6. malmsey
  7. malmseys
  8. malmstone
  9. malmstones
  10. Malmstrom
  11. Malmstroms

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