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)

1. malvoisie, malmsey (type of wine)

   Synonym: malvesye

Descendants

• English: malmsey

References

• “malvesī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.