malvasian.

Brit.

/malvəˈziːə/,

/malvəˈsiːə/, U.S.

/ˌmælvəˈziə/,

/ˌmælvəˈsiə/

Forms: 1600s malvazia, 1600s– malvasia, 1800s malvoisia.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Spanish. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Portuguese. Etymons: Italian malvasia; Spanish malvasía; Portuguese malvasia.

Etymology: < Italian malvasia (mid 14th cent. as malvagia ) < Byzantine Greek Μονεμβασία , the name of a city (and its vicinity) in the Peloponnese, also used as a generic name for sweet wines from Crete and possibly from the Eastern Mediterranean generally (Greek β was pronounced /v/ by the 9th cent.). In some quots. perhaps via Spanish malvasía (1517) or Portuguese malvasia (18th cent.), both probably < Catalan malvasia (1403). Compare earlier malvoisie n., malmsey n.

= malmsey n.; a variety of white grape, and the wine (dry and sweet) produced from it, grown widely in Iberia and Italy. Also malvasia de Madeira (cf. malmsey madeira n. at malmsey n. Compounds 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > fortified wine, Madeira wine, and sack > [noun] > malmsey

malvoisie1361

malmsey1407

malvasia1640

1640 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (new ed.) ii. 54 A Barbarian Man of War of Tuneis..seiz'd upon a Carmosale of Venice, at the first shot, she being loaden with Maluasia [1632 Maluasie] and Muscadine, and come from Candy.

1666 G. Torriano Proverbial Phrases 227/2 in Piazza Universale For so they call the slice bisket, which they usually eat at their Magazins, with a glass of Malvasia, or Greek wine.

1770 P. Brydone Let. 15 May in Tour Sicily & Malta (1792) ii. 18 Some of their wines are likewise much esteemed; particularly the Malvasia, well known all over Europe.

1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 262/1 The wine exported is Madeira wine and Malvasia de Madera.

1882 E. M. Taylor Madeira 75 The principal varieties of wine-making grapes are the following: Malvasia, Bual, Sercial [etc.].

1895 Chambers's Jrnl. 12 627/2 We entered the shanty and drank malvasia.

1965 A. Sichel Penguin Bk. Wines iii. 257 Only about 25 per cent of the area is planted with recognizable European wine-making grapes and the products of these are named by the grape-name—Trebbiano, Malvasia, Riesling, Merlot,..etc.

1991 W. Newby Peace & War (BNC) 119 There was always a choice of tea with lemon, cool sweet moscato wine or malvasia from Torrechiara, a village in the hills.

2001 O. Clarke & M. Rand Oz Clarke's Grapes & Wines 120/1 I think the most gorgeous Malvasia I ever had was pink and frothy, heady with the scent of rose petals and hothouse grapes, and it was from northern Italy.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1836 C. Redding Hist. & Descr. Mod. Wines ix. 251 An effervescing wine is made at Lasseraz from the malvasia grape.

1851 G. Borrow Lavengro (1893) xciii. 360 There is Malvoisia sack,..and partridge, and beccafico.

1934 F. Schoonmaker & T. Marvel Compl. Wine Bk. v. 136 A limited amount of dry white wine..is made in Tuscany from the Malvasia, Roussanne and Trebbiano grapes.

1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 28 Nov. 80/2 The Chianti formula..was an officially decreed mixture of sangiovese and canaiolo red grapes, plus 10 to 30 percent trebbiano and malvasia white grapes.

2001 O. Clarke & M. Rand Oz Clarke's Grapes & Wines (2007) 117/3 Any bottle that calls itself Malmsey should be made from Malvasia grapes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	malvasia
释义	malvasian. Brit. /malvəˈziːə/, /malvəˈsiːə/, U.S. /ˌmælvəˈziə/, /ˌmælvəˈsiə/ Forms: 1600s malvazia, 1600s– malvasia, 1800s malvoisia. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Spanish. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Portuguese. Etymons: Italian malvasia; Spanish malvasía; Portuguese malvasia. Etymology: < Italian malvasia (mid 14th cent. as malvagia ) < Byzantine Greek Μονεμβασία , the name of a city (and its vicinity) in the Peloponnese, also used as a generic name for sweet wines from Crete and possibly from the Eastern Mediterranean generally (Greek β was pronounced /v/ by the 9th cent.). In some quots. perhaps via Spanish malvasía (1517) or Portuguese malvasia (18th cent.), both probably < Catalan malvasia (1403). Compare earlier malvoisie n., malmsey n. = malmsey n.; a variety of white grape, and the wine (dry and sweet) produced from it, grown widely in Iberia and Italy. Also malvasia de Madeira (cf. malmsey madeira n. at malmsey n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > fortified wine, Madeira wine, and sack > [noun] > malmsey malvoisie1361 malmsey1407 malvasia1640 1640 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (new ed.) ii. 54 A Barbarian Man of War of Tuneis..seiz'd upon a Carmosale of Venice, at the first shot, she being loaden with Maluasia [1632 Maluasie] and Muscadine, and come from Candy. 1666 G. Torriano Proverbial Phrases 227/2 in Piazza Universale For so they call the slice bisket, which they usually eat at their Magazins, with a glass of Malvasia, or Greek wine. 1770 P. Brydone Let. 15 May in Tour Sicily & Malta (1792) ii. 18 Some of their wines are likewise much esteemed; particularly the Malvasia, well known all over Europe. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 262/1 The wine exported is Madeira wine and Malvasia de Madera. 1882 E. M. Taylor Madeira 75 The principal varieties of wine-making grapes are the following: Malvasia, Bual, Sercial [etc.]. 1895 Chambers's Jrnl. 12 627/2 We entered the shanty and drank malvasia. 1965 A. Sichel Penguin Bk. Wines iii. 257 Only about 25 per cent of the area is planted with recognizable European wine-making grapes and the products of these are named by the grape-name—Trebbiano, Malvasia, Riesling, Merlot,..etc. 1991 W. Newby Peace & War (BNC) 119 There was always a choice of tea with lemon, cool sweet moscato wine or malvasia from Torrechiara, a village in the hills. 2001 O. Clarke & M. Rand Oz Clarke's Grapes & Wines 120/1 I think the most gorgeous Malvasia I ever had was pink and frothy, heady with the scent of rose petals and hothouse grapes, and it was from northern Italy. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1836 C. Redding Hist. & Descr. Mod. Wines ix. 251 An effervescing wine is made at Lasseraz from the malvasia grape. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro (1893) xciii. 360 There is Malvoisia sack,..and partridge, and beccafico. 1934 F. Schoonmaker & T. Marvel Compl. Wine Bk. v. 136 A limited amount of dry white wine..is made in Tuscany from the Malvasia, Roussanne and Trebbiano grapes. 1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 28 Nov. 80/2 The Chianti formula..was an officially decreed mixture of sangiovese and canaiolo red grapes, plus 10 to 30 percent trebbiano and malvasia white grapes. 2001 O. Clarke & M. Rand Oz Clarke's Grapes & Wines (2007) 117/3 Any bottle that calls itself Malmsey should be made from Malvasia grapes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1640
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