viand

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an item or dish of food, especially a choice dish; now chiefly literary and often plural

   Silver platters were piled with rich viands for the feast.

From Middle English via Anglo-Norman and Old French viande, ultimately from Late Latin vivenda, 'things necessary for living,' from Latin vivere ('to live'). Its broad sense of food survives mainly in literary use and in the plural viands.

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