malvesye
Middle English
Alternative forms
- malevesyn, malveisyn, malvesey, malveseye, malvesie, malvesin, malvesy, malvesyn, malvesyne, mauvesyn, mawvesie
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman malvesie, malvesey, from Old Italian Malvasia, from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía). Doublet of malmesye.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /malvɛˈziː(ə)/, /ˈmalvɛziː(ə)/, /-iːn/
Noun
malvesye (uncountable)
- malvoisie, malmsey (type of wine)
- Synonym: malmesye
Descendants
- English: malvesey, malvoisie
References
- “malvesī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.