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muscadel

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mus⋅ca⋅del

  [muhs-kuh-del]
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–noun
muscatel.
Also, mus⋅ca⋅delle.

mus⋅ca⋅tel

  [muhs-kuh-tel, muhs-kuh-tel]
–noun
1. a sweet wine made from muscat grapes.
2. a muscat grape.
3. a raisin made from muscat grapes.
Also, muscadel, muscadelle.

Origin:
1350–1400; < MF, equiv. to muscat muscat + -el n. suffix; r. ME muscadel(le) < MF, equiv. to muscad- (< OPr muscade, fem. of muscat musky) + -elle, fem. of -el n. suffix
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Word Origin & History

muscatel 
c.1400, from O.Fr. muscadel, from Prov. *muscadel, dim. of muscat "(grape) with the fragrance of musk," from L.L. *muscatus, from muscus (see musk).
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