Unscramble

m 3 a 1 l 1 m 3 s 1 e 1 y 4

7 letters · 14 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun sweet Madeira wine

originVia Middle English malmesye from Middle Dutch malemeseye, from Italian via Old French, ultimately from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν- + βάσις). Doublet of malvoisie.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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