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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
malmsey /ˈmɑːmzi/

▶noun

1 a fortified Madeira wine of the sweetest type.

2 historical a strong, sweet white wine imported from Greece and the eastern Mediterranean islands.

– origin ME: from MDu. malemeseye, via OFr. from Monemvasia, a port in SE Greece; cf. malvoisie.

'malmsey' also found in these Oxford entries:

Malvasia - malvoisie

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