bisschopswijn
Dutch
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editEtymology
editCompound of bisschop (“bishop (rank); bishop, mulled wine”) + -s- + wijn (“wine”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbisschopswijn m (plural bisschopswijnen, diminutive bisschopswijntje n)
- A type of mulled wine, often drunk on and before Saint Nicholas' Eve (December 5), made of oranges; bishop's wine. [from 19th c.]