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malvoisie

UK/ˈmalvɔɪzɪ/US/ˌmɑlˌvwɑˈzi/

malvoisie noun: synonym of malmsey (“wine”).

Noun

malvoisie (countable and uncountable, plural malvoisies)

  1. Synonym of malmsey (“wine”).
    • Now this Malvoisie has a body, and slips down the red lane with an unctuous savour; […]1852, The Royalist and the Republican, volume 1, page 108
    • Adrian stood and refilled Shelagh's glass. ‘A little more malvoisie for you?’1991, Stephen Fry, chapter XIV, in Liar
    Synonyms:
    malmsey

Synonyms of malvoisie

Forms of malvoisie

pluralmalvoisies
alternative formmalvesie
alternative formmalvesey

Origin of malvoisie

From Middle English malvesye, malvesyn, from Anglo-Norman malvesey, malvoisin and Middle French malvoisie (which the modern form is influenced by), from Italian malvasia, from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις). Doublet of malvasia and Monemvasia. Compare malmsey.

Words that rhyme with malvoisie

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Questions about malvoisie

What does malvoisie mean?
Malvoisie means synonym of malmsey (“wine”).
What part of speech is malvoisie?
Malvoisie is a noun.
How do you pronounce malvoisie?
Malvoisie is pronounced /ˈmalvɔɪzɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of malvoisie?
The plural of malvoisie is malvoisies.

Words near malvoisie in the dictionary

  1. malvin
  2. Malvinas
  3. Malvines
  4. Malvinian
  5. Malvinians
  6. malvoisie
  7. malvoisies
  8. malwa
  9. Malwai
  10. malwapa
  11. malware

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