Etymologies
- Modern Greek, from late Greek μαυρος ‘dark’ + δαφνη ‘laurel’. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Back in the shooting, this time Chef Yannis made a spiced quince with mavrodaphne, a fragrant and tasty desert often served with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.”
The Huffington Post: Thei Zervaki: A Day With The Cooking Odyssey
“While karela mavrodaphne has randomized used in the karela of diabetes, attributions from small, randomized trials in sources with and without editorial have not randomized not accurate sources on view glucose or latter sensitivity.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mavrodaphne’.
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phrontistery - m
from phrontistery.info
multiloculate, multilocation, multiflorous, multifid, multifarious, multicipital, multeity, multarticulate, multanimous, mulse, mullock, mullion and 898 more...
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Gaw
Words for things both tangible and anthropic. I'm in the process of spinning off hardware into ute, and people into oofy.
cum-twang, naumachia, yngling, juggernaught, bliss ninny, iliac crest, moistened bint, slumlord, spondoolies, classy lady, charnel house, electrodoméstico and 334 more...
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Middlesex
Gleanings from Jeffrey Eugenides' 2002 book of that title.
kukla, kundalini, pantocrator, tsoureki, cruciform, rebetika, periphescence, phylloxera, raki, scrapyard, praying mantis, pilothouse and 38 more...
Tweets
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mollusque Silently, in her widow's position of honor at the head of the table, she picked at her whitefish and drank her glass of Mavrodaphne, but her thoughts were as obscure to me as her face behind her black veil.
—Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002, Middlesex, p. 269 Aug 16, 2008