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viands

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vi⋅and

  [vahy-uhnd]
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–noun
1. an article of food.
2. viands, articles or dishes of food, now usually of a choice or delicate kind.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME viaunde < MF viande < VL *vīvanda, for L vīvenda things to be lived on, neut. pl. ger. of vīvere to live
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vi·and   (vī'ənd)   
n.  

    1. An item of food.

    2. A very choice or delicious dish.

  2. viands Provisions; victuals.


[Middle English viaunde, from Old French viande, from Vulgar Latin *vīvanda, alteration of Latin vīvenda, neuter pl. gerundive of vīvere, to live; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

viand 
"article of food," c.1330 (implied in viander), 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," neut. pl. gerundive of vivere "to live" (see vital).
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