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verjuice
[ vur-joos ]
noun
- an acid liquor made from the sour juice of crab apples, unripe grapes, etc., formerly much used for culinary and other purposes.
- sourness, as of temper or expression.
adjective
- of or relating to verjuice.
- sour in temper, expression, etc.
verjuice
/ ˈvɜːˌdʒuːs /
noun
- the acid juice of unripe grapes, apples, or crab apples, formerly much used in making sauces, etc
- ( as modifier )
verjuice sauce
- rare.
- sourness or sharpness of temper, looks, etc
- ( as modifier )
a verjuice old wife
verb
- rare.tr to make sour; embitter
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of verjuice1
C14: from Old French vert jus green (unripe) juice, from Old French vert green (from Latin viridis ) + jus juice (from Latin jūs )
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Example Sentences
It is the apt accompaniment of a whining tongue, the fit complement of a verjuice countenance.
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That spruce, affected little popinjay over there, who looks as if he had been drinking verjuice.
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Bishop Swinfield's vineyard at Ledbury yielded seven pipes of white wine and nearly one of verjuice in the autumn of 1289.
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The word occurs often in a sense in which acetum is the best representative, associated with verjuice and vinegar.
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On the same man, as in a vineyard, grow far different grapes—on the sunny south nectar, and on the bleak north verjuice.
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