tokay
[toh-key]
- a gecko, Gekko gecko, of the Malay Archipelago and southeastern Asia: sometimes kept as a pet.
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Origin of tokay
1745–55; < dialectal Malay tokeʔ < Javanese təʔkəʔ (spelling tekek)
Tokay
[toh-key]
- an aromatic wine made from Furmint grapes grown in the district surrounding Tokay, a town in NE Hungary.
- Horticulture.
- a large, red variety of grape, grown for table use.
- the vine bearing this fruit, grown in California.
- a sweet, strong white wine made in California.
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Examples from the Web for tokay
Historical Examples
It sounded like “Tokay, tokay;” almost, indeed, like a human voice.
In the Eastern SeasW.H.G. Kingston
While you drink your Tokay, know that it comes through Neisse.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.)Thomas Carlyle
Frau Kirschner had brought a flask of Tokay wine with her for Gertrude.
The Goose ManJacob Wassermann
Tokay was regarded at that time as a sort of elixir of life.
The Goose ManJacob Wassermann
Eleanore handed him the glass of Tokay; her eyes glistened with tears.
The Goose ManJacob Wassermann
tokay
- a small gecko, Gekko gecko, of S and SE Asia, having a retractile claw at the tip of each digit
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Word Origin
from Malay toke, of imitative origin
Tokay
- a fine sweet wine made near Tokaj, Hungary
- a variety of large sweet grape used to make this wine
- a similar wine made elsewhere
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Word Origin and History for tokay
n.
1710, rich sweet wine from the region of Tokay (Hungarian Tokaj) a town in Hungary.
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