Viand

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvaɪ.É™nd/

Origin

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Late Latin vivanda, from Latin vivenda. See also victuals.

Full definition of viand

Noun

1. An item of food
2. A choice dish
• 1852 CE: William and Robert Chambers, Chambers' Edinburgh JournalHis heart swelled within him, as he sat at the head of his own table, on the occasion of the house-warming, dispensing with no niggard hand the gratuitous viands and unlimited beer, which were at once to symbolise and inaugurate the hospitality of his mansion.

Anagrams

• divan
• Navid