Malmsey
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmɑːmzɪ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Malmsey is a noun meaning A sweet fortified wine made in Madeira, originally from the malvasia grape.
Meaning
A sweet fortified wine made in Madeira, originally from the malvasia grape.
Example Sentences
Take that, and that, if all this will not do, Stabs him. Ile drowne you in the Malmesey-But within.
All black wines, over-hot, compound, strong, thick drinks, as muscadine, malmsey, alicant, rumney, brown bastard, metheglin, and the like […]
Hers was an idiotic sort of attachment, full of admiration for him, of voluptuousness for her, a beatitude that benumbed her; her soul sank into this drunkenness, shrivelled up, drowned in it, like Clarence in his butt of Malmsey.
Word Forms
- malmseys
- malmesey
Synonyms for malmsey
Depending on context, synonyms include malvoisie.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include butt, malvasia, malvoisie, malvesie, malvesey, muscadel.
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