viand
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"Viand" comes no doubt from "victus"—that which nourishes and sustains life: from victus was formed viventia; from viventa, "viand."
From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
I liked pie, but not pudding; the rich, heavy fruit-cake of weddings, good, honest gingerbread, the brisk, crispy heat of the brittle ginger-snap, but not "plain cake,"—absurd viand!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various
Salmon is as nice when it is a shilling a pound as when it is four times that price, and venison is by no means an expensive viand if the market be watched.
From Household Organization by Caddy, Florence
And so, for four months thereafter, we had to do penance for the joke, on that not very luxurious viand "dry porridge."
From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh
To provide something for breakfast besides, a viand rare and strange, but familiar to them, a branch of their tribe—the “Mezcaleros”—making it their staple food, even to deriving their tribal appellation from it.
From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Reid, Mayne
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Frankenstein
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