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malm⋅sey

  [mahm-zee]
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–noun
a strong, sweet wine with a strong flavor, originally made in Greece but now made mainly in Madeira.
Origin:
1325–75; ME malmesye < MLG ≪ Monemvasia Greek town where it was originally produced
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malm·sey   (mäm'zē)   
n.   pl. malm·seys
A sweet fortified wine originally made in Greece and now produced mainly in Madeira. Also called malvasia, malvoisie.

[Middle English, ultimately from Medieval Latin malvasia, malmasia, alteration of Medieval Greek Monemvasia (Malvasia), a village of southern Greece.]
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malmsey 
1407, "a strong, sweet white wine," from Prov. malmesie or M.Du. malemesye, both from M.L. malmasia, from Medieval Gk. Monembasia "Monemvasia," a town in the southern Peloponnesus that was an important center of wine production in the Middle Ages, lit. "only one entrance," from monos "alone, only" + embasis "entering into," from en- "in" + basis "a going, a stepping, a base."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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