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Verjuice

//ˈvɝd͡ʒuːs// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A very acidic juice made by pressing unripe grapes. uncountable, usually

    "In this inſtance, there is (vpon the by) to be noted the Percolation, or Suing of the Veriuyce thorow the VVood; So as it ſeemeth, it muſt be firſt in a kinde of Vapour, before it paſſe."

Verb
  1. 1
    To render something sour; to embitter. transitive

    "There are few names to which a jingle or a joke cannot be fitted—witness, Twining, banker and tea-dealer: / ‘Twining would be whining / Were’t not for his tea;’ / and the ex-Lord Mayor, Sir John Key, where the inherent rhyme to ‘donkey’ verjuiced the baronetcy."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English verjous, vergeous, from Old French vertjus, verjus (French verjus), from vert + jus. First attested in c. 1302.

Etymology 2

From Middle English verjous, vergeous, from Old French vertjus, verjus (French verjus), from vert + jus. First attested in c. 1302.

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