melomel

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

melomel (countable and uncountable, plural melomels)

  1. A mead that contains fruit.
    • 2001, David Alan Woolsey, Libations of the Eighteenth Century: A Concise Manual for the Brewing of Authentic Beverages from the Colonial Era of America, and of Times Past:
      In Digbie's era metah, metheglin, and melomel were probably considered synonyms. [] "Melomel" today usually means a mead flavored with any fruit juice other than apples or pears. Peaches, cherries, blackberries, or plumbs[sic] are some good, historic choices.

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French mélomèle.

Noun[edit]

melomel m (plural melomeli)

  1. melomel

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