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voidee

Apparently from Chaucer. The given example sentence is inappropriately modern. Equinox ◑ 19:23, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I (initially) deleted it because this meaning isn't attestable, but it does mean *something*. AFAICT it's a drink of some kind, but I can't get further than that. Seems to be from Middle English. Mglovesfun (talk) 19:51, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Apparently from a medieval French court ceremony involving the drinking of spiced wine from a 'voidee cup', as a way of closing a meeting and dismissing - "clearing away" - the attendees. (From French (deprecated template usage) voider.)

1860, John Lingard, A history of England, Volume 5,

On the evening of the 20th of February [1437], after drinking the voidee, or parting cup, with his company, he [James I of Scotland] retired to his bed-chamber, ...

Also, perhaps later, a drink taken before going to bed.

Pingku 15:59, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Not modern French. I suspect vider comes from the Old French voider. I'll add it if I can cite it. Mglovesfun (talk) 16:13, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Yup, in the etymology-and-history section of the TLFi entry for vider you see such forms as "voider", "voidier", "vuider", and "vuidier". —Ruakh_TALK 16:50, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

I tried "voider" on the French Wikisource, and it gets zero hits. Anyone able to actually find it in use? Mglovesfun (talk) 17:06, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

I found vuidier (not voider) in Old French. Mglovesfun (talk) 22:29, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Struck as resolved, passed — but with the etymology hidden, due to concerns about the spelling. Re-add the etymology, or change it from voider to vuidier, at will. — Beobach 23:24, 2 December 2010 (UTC)