viand
[vahy-uh nd]
noun
an article of food.
viands, articles or dishes of food, now usually of a choice or delicate kind.
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 viands
Historical Examples of viands
It might here refer more particularly to the room which contained the viands.
Y GododinAneurin
None of the viands looked familiar but all appealed to the appetite.
There were long tables loaded with viands and decorated with flowers.
Personal Recollections of a CavalrymanJ. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
All The viands in their gravy's wine Grow lurid and fantastical.
Enamels and Cameos and other PoemsThophile Gautier
The viands were excellent, and the wines of the first quality.
Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II.Pierce Egan
viand
noun
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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