viand

[ vahy-uh nd ]

/ ˈvaɪ ənd /

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noun

an article of food.

viands, articles or dishes of food, now usually of a choice or delicate kind.

Nearby words

viability, viable, viaduct, viagra, vial, viand, viangchan, viareggio, viatical, viatical settlement, viaticum

Origin of viand

1350–1400; Middle English viaunde < Middle French viande < Vulgar Latin *vīvanda, for Latin vīvenda things to be lived on, neuter plural gerund of vīvere to live

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Examples from the Web for viand

We had breakfast at the Viand coffee shop, 61st and Madison.
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She bore aloft a great platter of the viand, the even slices arranged like a wreath of autumn leaves.
Molly Brown of Kentucky|Nell Speed
But he was not asleep, for he often opened his mouth and smacked his lips, as if tasting the flavor of some viand.
The Emperor, Complete|Georg Ebers
One people will regard as a luxury a viand or condiment which is repugnant to another.
Jack in the Forecastle|John Sherburne Sleeper

The king put him to death, and the attendants of Adelil made of his heart a viand which they presented to her.
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Reserve this well-meaning, but unpoetic, viand for the journey and the day of open-air sport, to which so admirably it is fitted.
The Feasts of Autolycus|Elizabeth Robins Pennell

British Dictionary definitions for viand

viand

/ (ˈviːənd, ˈvaɪ-) /

noun

a type of food, esp a delicacy

(plural) provisions

Word Origin for viand

C14: from Old French viande, ultimately from Latin vīvenda things to be lived on, from vīvere to live

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