viand
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The hostess must never press dishes upon her guests, but they are permitted, if they wish, to praise any viand that has pleased them.
From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.
Hard tack was no such delicious viand as made us despise the free gift of the cow.
The modern tendency is to confine -nce to action, and to express quality or state by -ncy; cf. compliance, pliancy, annoyance, buoyancy. -and, -end, noun suffix, as viand, legend.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
“Huh!” said Una, who was unable to see any adventurous qualities in a viand which she consumed about twice a week.
From The Job An American Novel by Lewis, Sinclair
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
Vocabulary lists containing viand
Frankenstein
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