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vinegarish, a.|ˈvɪnɪgərɪʃ|
Also 7 vinegrish.
[f. vinegar n.]
Somewhat resembling vinegar (in taste); sourish. Also fig.
1648Hexham ii, Azijnachtigh, Vinegrish. 1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 163 Animal juyces..degenerate into acid, sowre, vinegarish liquors. 1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. I. 141 'Tis another fault to be sometimes so Vinous, as to contract from thence a Vinegarish sharp taste. 1845Temple in E. H. Coleridge Life Ld. Coleridge (1904) I. vii. 167, I expected that Scott..would have given him rather a vinegarish reply; but [etc.]. 1867C. J. Smith Syn. & Antonyms, Acid, Syn... Acetose. Vinegarish.
Hence ˈvinegarishly adv. (In quots. fig.)
1890‘Mark Twain’ in M. D. L. Landon Kings of Platform & Pulpit 354 My companion said vinegarishly, ‘Well, well! What do you say now?’ 1976‘J. Ross’ I know what it's like to Die xviii. 122 ‘I never ever laid a finger on him. We were very good friends,’ he said vinegarishly. |