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malvoisie

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mal·voi·sie  (mlvw-z)
n.
See malmsey.
[Middle English malvesie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin malvesia, malvasia; see malmsey.]
malvoisie [ˈmælvɔɪzɪ -və-]
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) an amber dessert wine made in France, similar to malmsey
[via Old French from Italian Malvasia, from Greek Monembasia; see malmsey]


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His wine he takes hot when the nights are cold, malvoisie or vernage, with as much spice as would cover the thumb-nail.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
All round the arena rose the cries of itinerant merchants: 'Iced malvoisie,' 'Score-cards; ye cannot tell the jousters without a score-card.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
And, hark thee, thou seemest to be a jolly confessor---come hither after the onslaught, and thou shalt have as much Malvoisie as would drench thy whole convent.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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