ənd noun
1.
an article of food.
2.
viands, articles or dishes of food, now usually of a choice or delicate kind.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English viaunde < Middle French viande < Vulgar Latin *vīvanda, for Latin vīvenda things to be lived on, neuter plural gerund of vīvere to live
1350–1400; Middle English viaunde < Middle French viande < Vulgar Latin *vīvanda, for Latin vīvenda things to be lived on, neuter plural gerund of vīvere to live
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| —n | |
| 1. | a type of food, esp a delicacy |
| 2. | (plural) provisions |
| [C14: from Old French viande, ultimately from Latin vīvenda things to be lived on, from vīvere to live] | |
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viand
"article of food," early 14c., from Anglo-Fr. viaunde, O.Fr. viande "food," dissimilated from V.L. *vivanda, from L.L. vivenda "things for living," in classical L. "be live," neuter plural gerundive of vivere "to live" (see vital).
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