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Massic, a. Obs. exc. Hist.|ˈmæsɪk|
[ad. L. Massic-us the name of a mountain in Campania.]
Designating an ancient wine produced in Campania, Italy. Also ellipt.
1638T. Hawkins tr. Horace's Odes i. i. 19 Some others use Old Massique wines to ply. 1653B. Holyday tr. Horace's Odes i. i. 19 In Massic Wines some bouze their time away. 1751J. Stirling tr. Horace's Odes i. i, in Horace's Works I. ii. 2 Cups of old Massic. 1833C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines 8 The Falernian..grew upon the volcanic Campania near Naples, where also the Massic was produced. 1920Punch 15 Sept. 209, I raise my cup of massic Not to the earlier but the later ‘classic’. 1961H. W. Allen Hist. Wine v. 10 Massic appears to mean, not an individual wine, but any really fine Campanian wine. Virgil, Horace and Martial all use it in this rather general sense. 1965O. A. Mendelsohn Dict. Drink 214 Massic, a wine from Campania, Italy, mentioned in classical writings. |