Definitions for viands

viands vi·and

Spelling: [vahy-uh nd]
IPA: /ˈvaɪ ənd/

Viands is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in viands (adinsv).

Definitions for viands

noun

  1. an article of food.
  2. viands, articles or dishes of food, now usually of a choice or delicate kind.

Origin of viands

1350-1400; Middle English viaunde Middle French viande Vulgar Latin *vīvanda, for Latin vīvenda things to be lived on, neuter plural gerund of vīvere to live

Examples for viands

The viands were eaten freely, though the occasion was not a happy one.

With the point of nurse's scissors we prised the viands from the platters.

There were long tables loaded with viands and decorated with flowers.

None of the viands looked familiar but all appealed to the appetite.

But notwithstanding this, the viands at the meal were both dainty and varied.

The viands were quite in keeping with the simplicity of the table-gear.

All The viands in their gravy's wine Grow lurid and fantastical.

It might here refer more particularly to the room which contained the viands.

The viands were excellent, and the wines of the first quality.

These viands, with the food they took with them, furnished breakfasts and suppers which they deemed even sumptuous.

Word Value for viands
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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