‖ malvasia
(malvaˈsia)
Also malvoisia.
[It.: see malmsey. Cf. Sp., Pg. malvasia, F. malvoisie: see malvoisie.]
= malmsey. Also attrib., as malvasia sack, and in Pg. phr. malvasia de Madeira (cf. malmsey madeira, s.v. malmsey).
| 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 262/1 The wine exported is Madeira wine and Malvasia de Madera. 1851 Borrow Lavengro xciii. (1893) 360 There is Malvoisia sack,..and partridge, and beccafico. 1895 Chamb. Jrnl. XII. 627/2 We entered the shanty and drank malvasia. |