viand
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈvaɪənd/
- Archaic
:
manjar
- At the elegant dinner, guests enjoyed an array of exquisite viands, each more delicious than the last.
Examples
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He and the minstrel took places on a bench at one end of the table, and they ate well of the viands spread before them.
Fiction book (1998) -
"He substantiated these statements by displaying a few links of chain, which in happier times turned assorted game birds and viands.
Fiction book (1992) -
What're you doing at the table of viands!?
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Death is a strange accident, not a fate; all men wander with joy and peace for company, with delicious viands everywhere for eating!
Fiction book (1993) -
"It's impolite to threaten your guests with deadly viands," he observed.
Fiction book (1994) -
He had tried thinking about food, but perhaps giving the cat a real whiff of the real viands would help.
Fiction book (1993) -
We bear gifts and viands to feast the suitors who, on the tomorrow, ...come to woo our Princess.
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In thy honor, O Man-God, do we hold this feast; to thee do we offer these viands.
Academic text (2001) -
The romance of game and fish exerts a spell on city dwellers discontented with crowds, pollution, noise, and especially shrink-wrapped viands.
Academic text (1990) -
They walked out of the Viand coffee shop together and stayed that way until the morning he left to go sailing, leaning in, the smell of coffee and soap from his shower, his hand warm on her backside through the comforter, his lips on her neck.
Fiction book (2000)
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Etymology
The word viand comes from Old French viande, which meant 'food' and from a Latin idea of 'things for living' based on the root vivere meaning 'to live'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the same root in 'survive' and 'revive' — food helps you live, so viand means a choice or fine food.