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muscology
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Origin: Muscus.

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malmsey (iou)



malmsey noun. ['m¨»:mzi] Also Malmsey. LME.
[Middle Dutch, Middle Low German malmesie, -eye, in medieval Latin malmasia from Greek place-name Monemvasia in the Peloponnese. Cf. MALVASIA, MALVOISIE.]
A strong (now fortified) sweet Wine, orig. from around Monemvasia in the Peloponnese, Greece, now also from Spain, the Azores, the Canary Islands and (esp.) Madeira. Also malmsey Wine. LME.
A kind of grape, orig. from the eastern Mediterranean, from which malmsey was originally made. E16.
Comb.: malmsey-face a face inflamed by alcoholic drink; malmsey madeira malmsey from Madeira; malmsey-nose a nose inflamed by alcoholic drink; malmsey Wine: see sense 1 above.