tokay

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes
noun variety of wine grape originally grown in Hungary; the prototype of vinifera grapes

From Hungarian tokaji (“of Tokay”), from Tokaj (placename) + -i (“originating from”).

The tokay, said Lucy running in. — Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf
I have hinted that the baron's Tokay had stirred it. — The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English, Unknown
Eleanore handed him the glass of Tokay; her eyes glistened with tears. — The Goose Man, Jakob Wassermann

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