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Middle English
- 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
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