malmsey

American  

[mahm-zee] / ˈmɑm zi /

noun

1. a strong, sweet wine with a strong flavor, originally made in Greece but now made mainly in Madeira.

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malmsey British  

/ ˈmɑːmzɪ /

noun

1. a sweet Madeira wine

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Etymology

Origin of malmsey

1325–75; Middle English malmesye < Middle Low German ≪ Monemvasia Greek town where it was originally produced

Example Sentences

If thou puttest a drop of malmsey into a vessel full of vinegar, forthwith it turns to vinegar: but if thou pour a drop of vinegar into malmsey, that drop will disappear into the wine.

From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von

Let us order a tierce of malmsey and talk it over!

From Shandygaff by Morley, Christopher

"Rastrum" was a Leipzig beer reported to be extraordinarily bad; "malvoisie," a highly prized, imported wine, known in England as "malmsey."

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Luther, Martin

The term malvasia wine, or malmsey, was originally used of a wine coming from that locality, but afterward, as here, of certain madeiras.

From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)

Three pots, say I--and make it malmsey, at my cost!

From Master Skylark by Bennett, John