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malmseys

malmseys is the plural of malmsey.

Meaning of malmsey

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...
    Synonyms:
    malvoisie

Questions about malmseys

What is malmseys the plural of?
Malmseys is the plural of malmsey.

Words near malmseys in the dictionary

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

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