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malvoisie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌmɑlˌvwɑˈzi/ (US)
• /ˈmalvɔɪzɪ/ (UK)
• /ˌmalvɔɪˈziː/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English malvesye, malvesyn, from Anglo-Norman malvesey, malvoisin and Middle French malvoisie (which the modern form is influenced by), from Italian malvasia, from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις). Doublet of malvasia and Monemvasia. Compare malmsey.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of malmsey (“wine”).
   • There, gifts were exchanged […] and Philip's mistrels performed in front of the king's mother who sat, appreciative, her customary glass of malvesey to hand. 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 217:
   • Now this Malvoisie has a body, and slips down the red lane with an unctuous savour; […] 1852, The Royalist and the Republican, volume 1, page 108:
   • Adrian stood and refilled Shelagh's glass. ‘A little more malvoisie for you?’ 1991, Stephen Fry, chapter XIV, in Liar:

Forms

Synonyms

malmsey

wikipedia: Monemvasia