malmsey
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of malmsey
1325–75; Middle English malmesye < Middle Low German ≪ Monemvasia Greek town where it was originally produced
Example Sentences
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Madeira comes in different levels of sweetness, but you want the sweetest, made with the malmsey grape.
From New York Times
At the high table Sir Ector sat with his knightly guests, who had come for the morrow’s hunting, smiling and nodding and drinking burgundy or sherries sack or malmsey wine.
From Literature
Even the sweeter boal and malmsey wines are not cloying, their sugar balanced by acidity.
From Washington Post
The lawyers in that golden age breakfasted on “brawn and malmsey,” and supped on “venison pasties and roasted hens!”
From Project Gutenberg
The wine of Santorin, the modern representative of the famous “malmsey,” is mainly exported to Russia.
From Project Gutenberg
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