malvesey

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmælvəzi/

Noun

malvesey (countable and uncountable, plural malveseys)

1. Alternative form of malvoisie

Middle English

Noun

malvesey

1. Alternative form of malvesye

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Malvasia (“Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese). From Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía), from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις).

Noun

malvesey oblique singular, m (oblique plural malveseys, nominative singular malveseys, nominative plural malvesey)

1. malvoisie (wine)

   Synonyms: maumerie, malvoisin

Descendants

• French: malvoisie
• → Middle English: malvesye
  • English: malvesey, malvoisie

References

• malvesey on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (malvoisie)