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viand
[ vahy-uhnd ]
noun
- an article of food.
- viands, articles or dishes of food, now usually of a choice or delicate kind.
viand
/ ˈvaɪ-; ˈviːənd /
noun
- a type of food, esp a delicacy
- plural provisions
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Word History and Origins
Origin of viand1
1350–1400; Middle English viaunde < Middle French viande < Vulgar Latin *vīvanda, for Latin vīvenda things to be lived on, neuter plural gerund of vīvere to live
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Word History and Origins
Origin of viand1
C14: from Old French viande, ultimately from Latin vīvenda things to be lived on, from vīvere to live
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Example Sentences
We had breakfast at the Viand coffee shop, 61st and Madison.
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The king put him to death, and the attendants of Adelil made of his heart a viand which they presented to her.
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Some dreadful viand is dipped for her out of a deep dish, and transferred to her little pottery bowl.
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Hot cakes are a favourite viand, and whenever they are brought to table disappear quickly enough.
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Pigs' croobeens boiled are a grand and favourite viand among us—all through Ireland.
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There was an abundance of "pubs" and of fried-fish shops where "jellied eels" seemed to be a viand much in demand.
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