malmsey
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of malmsey
1325–75; Middle English malmesye < Middle Low German ≪ Monemvasia Greek town where it was originally produced
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
I do love thee, Furnace, E'en as I do malmsey in a morning.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
Over by Cold Ashton, he met them trampling down,— White shaggy horses with their packs of purple spicery, Crimson kegs of malmsey, and the silks of London town.
From Collected Poems Volume Two by Alfred Noyes
Twelf Day.—At breakfast, brawn, mustard, and malmsey, after morning prayer ended.
From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by William Francis Dawson
The large harbour-town is backed by a waterfall which may prove disastrous to it; its lands were formerly famous for the high-priced malvasia Candida—Candia malmsey.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton
The latter, famed for its malmsey, has lost its vines and kept its name.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
