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muscatel definition

mus·ca·tel (mus′kə tel′)

noun

  1. a sweet, usually fortified wine made from the muscat
  2. muscat (sense )

Etymology: ME muscadelle < OFr muscadel < Prov or < It moscadello, orig. dim. of Prov muscat, It moscato, muscat

Also muscadel mus′·ca·del′ (-del′)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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