muskadel

English

Noun

muskadel (plural muskadels)

Alternative form of muscadel

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for muskadel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Middle English

Alternative forms

muscadell, muscadelle, muscatellyn, muskadell, muskadelle, muskedell, mustadell

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan muscadel, diminutive of muscat. Compare Medieval Latin muscatellum, muscadellum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /muskaˈdɛl(ə)/, /ˈmuskədɛl/

Noun

muskadel (uncountable)

(Late Middle English) Wine made from muscat grapes; muscatel.

Descendants

English: muscadel, muscatel

References

“muscadel(le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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