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Orvieto|ɔːvɪˈeɪtəʊ|
[Named from Orvieto, a city of central Italy: see prec.]
a. A white wine made near the city of Orvieto. Also attrib.
[1673J. Ray Observations Journey Low-Countries 363 Heer [sc. in Rome] is great variety of Wines..as Greco, Lagrime of Naples..Orvietano. ]1846Dickens Pictures from Italy 159 Such wine in flasks, as the Orvieto. 1849Thackeray Pendennis I. xxxv. 344 We had some Orvieto wine for dinner. 1860Hawthorne Marb. Faun xxv. (1883) 259 The finest Orvieto..is vulgar in comparison. 1926P. M. Shand Bk. Wine viii. 225 Umbria is chiefly noted for its white wines, of which the most famous name is Orvieto. 1940M. Healy Stay me with Flagons 70 Orvieto, now sweet, now dry, offers varied charms. 1967A. Lichine Encycl. Wines 535 Orvieto is white, and one of Italy's most consistently delightful wines, some of it semi-sweet, some of it dry... The market for Orvieto amabile or abboccato..has fallen off... Sweet Orvieto has a particular charm and special delicacy... Dry Orvieto is usually considerably higher in alcohol. 1974N. Marsh Black as he's Painted ii. 39 Bottles of dry Orvieto..and other Italian wines.
b. Used attrib. to designate a type of majolica ware manufactured there.
1925B. Rackham tr. E. Hannover's Pott. & Porc. I. iii. ii. 96 It requires a practised eye to distinguish between a genuine and a spurious Orvieto jug. 1959G. Savage Antique Collector's Handbk. 70 The earliest maiolica was a series of wares painted in green and manganese purple at Orvieto and elsewhere, and most are loosely called ‘Orvieto ware’. 1960R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Cont. Pott. & Porc. 338/2 Orvieto, a distinctive class of early Italian maiolica painted in coppergreen and manganese-purple with decorations and shapes of a distinctly ‘Gothic’ type. 1973Times 3 Nov. 2/2 A Parke Bernet expert called in to look over what was there found the Medici bowl in a cupboard under a broken Orvieto dish. |