Vinegar

//ˈvɪnəɡə// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid. uncountable

    "In Persia, newly married couples were presented with sheep's trotters steeped in vinegar as a love enticement."

  2. 2
    sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative wordnet
  3. 3
    Any variety of vinegar. countable

    "a range of herb-flavoured vinegars"

  4. 4
    dilute acetic acid wordnet
  5. 5
    Vigor; vitality. US, countable, informal, uncountable

    "You full of vinegar now, but you 'bout through / We gonna get a steam drill to do your share of driving / Then what's all them muscles gonna do? Huh, John Henry? / Gonna take a little bit of vinegar out of you."

Verb
  1. 1
    To season or otherwise treat with vinegar. transitive

    "Accordingly, after a vast amount of moaning and crying up-stairs, and much damping of foreheads, and vinegaring of temples, and hartshorning of noses, and so forth […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English vynegre, from Old French vinaigre from Old French vyn egre, based on Latin vīnum (“wine”) + Latin ācer (“sour”). Displaced Old English æċed (survived in Middle English eced).

Etymology 2

From Middle English vynegre, from Old French vinaigre from Old French vyn egre, based on Latin vīnum (“wine”) + Latin ācer (“sour”). Displaced Old English æċed (survived in Middle English eced).

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