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.

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