malvoisieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English malvesye, malvesyn, from Anglo-Norman malvesey, malvoisin and Middle French malvoisie (which the modern form is influenced by), from Italian malvasia, from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις). Doublet of Monemvasia. Compare malmsey.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmalvɔɪzɪ/, /ˌmalvɔɪˈziː/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑlˌvwɑˈzi/
• 韻: -iː

名詞

malvoisie (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 malvoisies)

1. Synonym of malmsey (“wine”)
   • 1852, The Royalist and the Republican (volume 1, page 108)

     Now this Malvoisie has a body, and slips down the red lane with an unctuous savour; […]

   • 1991, Stephen Fry, chapter XIV, in Liar:

     Adrian stood and refilled Shelagh's glass. ‘A little more malvoisie for you?’

   • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 217:

     There, gifts were exchanged […] and Philip's mistrels performed in front of the king's mother who sat, appreciative, her customary glass of malvesey to hand.