viand
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For if all this praise is to be lavished on plain, fresh, immature, roast pig, what adjectives shall we find to do justice to that riper, richer, more subtle and sustaining viand, broiled bacon?
From Days Off And Other Digressions by Henry Van Dyke
The modern tendency is to confine -nce to action, and to express quality or state by -ncy; cf. compliance, pliancy, annoyance, buoyancy. -and, -end, noun suffix, as viand, legend.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The viand is said to get its name from the French phrase a barbe d' ecu, from tail to head, signifying that the carcass was cooked whole.
From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by Martha McCulloch-Williams
“Huh!” said Una, who was unable to see any adventurous qualities in a viand which she consumed about twice a week.
From The Job An American Novel by Sinclair Lewis
I was near enough to bring him down; and, should the rifle prove to have been properly loaded, I was likely to have for my breakfast the choicest viand of the mountain region of America.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
Vocabulary lists containing viand
Frankenstein
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