viand

[ vahy-uh nd ]

/ ˈvaɪ ənd /

noun

an article of food.

viands, articles or dishes of food, now usually of a choice or delicate kind.

Origin of viand

1350–1400; Middle English viaunde < Middle French viande < Vulgar Latin *vīvanda, for Latin vīvenda things to be lived on, neuter plural gerund of vīvere to live

Words nearby viand

viability, viable, viaduct, viagra, vial, viand, viangchan, viareggio, viatical, viatical settlement, viaticum

Example sentences from the Web for viands

To speak of the wines and viands would be a waste of time, and, to cut the story short, there was plenty of everything.

One Hundred Merrie And Delightsome Stories |Various
But the fragrance of the viands about to be set before them drove all other thoughts from their minds.

The Motor Maids Across the Continent |Katherine Stokes
Dinner was served, and the table more heavily laden with viands than the stomach of Gargantua.

The Man With The Broken Ear |Edmond About
These viands were loaded into the tin at the hospital's central kitchen.

Observations of an Orderly |Ward Muir

But this alone, of all the viands set before us, was furnished at my expense.

Miriam Monfort |Catherine A. Warfield

British Dictionary definitions for viands

viand

/ (ˈviːənd, ˈvaɪ-) /

noun

a type of food, esp a delicacy

(plural) provisions

Word Origin for viand

C14: from Old French viande, ultimately from Latin vīvenda things to be lived on, from vīvere to live

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