malmesye
Middle English
Alternative forms
- malmasye, malmesey, malmesyn, malmsey
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Dutch malemeseye, from Old Italian Malvasia, from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía). Doublet of malvesye.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /malmɛˈziː(ə)/, /ˈmalmɛziː(ə)/, /-iːn/
Noun
malmesye (uncountable)
- malvoisie, malmsey (type of wine)
- Synonym: malvesye
Descendants
- English: malmsey
References
- “malvesī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.