agrodolceadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌaɡrə(ʊ)ˈdɒltʃi/,

/ˌaɡrə(ʊ)ˈdɒltʃeɪ/, U.S.

/ˌæɡroʊˈdoʊltʃeɪ/,

/ˌæɡrəˈdoʊltʃeɪ/

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian agrodolce.

Etymology: < Italian agrodolce (adjective) that tastes both sour and sweet (1661 or earlier in cedro dall'agro-dolce , limone dall'agro-dolce , etc.), (noun) a sweet-and-sour sauce (1879; compare salsa agro dolce (late 17th cent. or earlier)) < agro sour, acrid (1310; a1292 in sense ‘harsh’; < classical Latin ācer , ācris acrid adj.) + dolce sweet (see douce adj.). Compare earlier aigre-doux adj.

A. adj.

Esp. of a sauce: compounded of sweet and sour; bittersweet. Frequently figurative or in figurative contexts. Cf. aigre-doux adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > poignant

poignant?1473

aigre-doux1523

agrodolce1833

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adjective] > sweet-sour

eager-dulce1548

eager-sweet1600

sour-sweet1601

dulcacid1656

dulcoacid1657

dulcoamare1657

acidulcis1682

sweet and sourc1879

agrodolce1894

1795 ‘Col. Frederick’ Descr. Corsica 7 Corsican honey is..bitterish, or tartish, termed in Italian agro dolce.]

1833 United Service Mag. 538 An agro-dolce sauce of mingled threats and bribes applied to his boatmen.

1894 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 16 Aug. 148/1 The Manresa Grape..is a tonic of the pure agro-dolce kind.

1959 Shakespeare Q. 10 363 It is the latent sense of the mutability of things that contributes to the peculiar agro-dolce flavor of the play, for it tells of sweet love bitterly distasted.

1998 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 28 Apr. 1 Duck with an agrodolce sauce is popular.

2008 Observer (Nexis) 5 Oct. 10 Naples is a proud but battered city where life is agrodolce.

B. n.

1. In Italian cookery: a sweet-and-sour sauce, typically based on a reduction of vinegar and sugar; a dish made with this sauce.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > other sauces

galantine1304

civya1325

egerdouce1381

gravy?c1390

camelinea1425

chawdronc1440

saffron sauce?a1505

sibber-sauce1556

ferry?1570

oxoleum1574

slabber-sauce1574

saupiquet1656

slapsauce1708

brown sauce1723

bread sauce1727

custard1747

bechamel1789

caper-sauce1791

tomato sauce1804

custard cream1805

allemande1806

sambal1815

Reading sauce1816

Harvey's Sauce1818

velouté sauce1830

suprême sauce1833

parsley sauce1836

agrodolce1838

Worcestershire sauce1843

espagnole1845

pestoa1848

cheese sauce1854

nam prik1857

Worcester sauce1863

Béarnaise sauce1868

Béarnaise1877

Yorkshire Relish1877

sauce mousseline1892

velvet sauce1893

gribiche1897

mornay sauce1900

sugo1906

sofrito1913

chile con queso1916

foo yung1917

marinara1932

pistou1951

hoisin1957

salsa verde1957

pico de gallo1958

sriracha1959

carbonara1962

amatriciana1963

arrabbiata1963

ponzu1966

puttanesca1971

chermoula1974

tikka masala1975

mojo1983

queso1989

1828 J. P. Cobbett Jrnl. Tour in Italy (1830) 27 Apr. 190 They call it agro-dolce (sour-sweet); and the name could not be more proper, for I should imagine the principal ingredients to be the two opposite extremes of pyroligneous acid and honey.]

1838 F. Maceroni Memoirs I. 192 Cooked in agrodolce, like wild boar, they [sc. porcupines] are delicious.

1846 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 545/2 Administering to him proper restoratives, (the remains of an agro-dolce, and half a bottle of lachryma).

1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 62 Agrodolce..is made by stewing in a rich gravy, prunes, Corinth currants, almonds, pine-kernels, raisins, vinegar and wine.

1902 Algona (Iowa) Advance 17 Jan. 2/2 These English newspaper men used to leave their agro dolce and suppa Inglese and come up to our table.

1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 28 Apr. 4 The cippolini, baby onions poached in agrodolce, are a taste I won't forget in a hurry.

2009 Olive Sept. 21/2 The Italians revel in eating every part of every animal..rice balls stuffed with giblets, and tongue in sweet and sour agrodolce.

2. gen. That which is bittersweet; (chiefly figurative) an experience, emotion, etc., which is both pleasurable and painful. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1839 Q. Rev. June 49/1 The over-refined, over-civilized, to whom every day is a feast, starve for the..agro dolce of hunger.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 46 In Spain, as Sappho says, Love is..an alternation of the agro-dolce.

1860 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. I. vii. 182 The taste [of calabash] is a not unpleasant agro-dolce.

1903 Atlantic Monthly May 712/2 The strange and soul-subduing agro-dolce of Augustine's own ‘converted’ Latin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	agrodolce
释义	agrodolceadj.n. Brit. /ˌaɡrə(ʊ)ˈdɒltʃi/, /ˌaɡrə(ʊ)ˈdɒltʃeɪ/, U.S. /ˌæɡroʊˈdoʊltʃeɪ/, /ˌæɡrəˈdoʊltʃeɪ/ Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian agrodolce. Etymology: < Italian agrodolce (adjective) that tastes both sour and sweet (1661 or earlier in cedro dall'agro-dolce , limone dall'agro-dolce , etc.), (noun) a sweet-and-sour sauce (1879; compare salsa agro dolce (late 17th cent. or earlier)) < agro sour, acrid (1310; a1292 in sense ‘harsh’; < classical Latin ācer , ācris acrid adj.) + dolce sweet (see douce adj.). Compare earlier aigre-doux adj. A. adj. Esp. of a sauce: compounded of sweet and sour; bittersweet. Frequently figurative or in figurative contexts. Cf. aigre-doux adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > poignant poignant?1473 aigre-doux1523 agrodolce1833 the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adjective] > sweet-sour eager-dulce1548 eager-sweet1600 sour-sweet1601 dulcacid1656 dulcoacid1657 dulcoamare1657 acidulcis1682 sweet and sourc1879 agrodolce1894 1795 ‘Col. Frederick’ Descr. Corsica 7 Corsican honey is..bitterish, or tartish, termed in Italian agro dolce.] 1833 United Service Mag. 538 An agro-dolce sauce of mingled threats and bribes applied to his boatmen. 1894 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener & Home Farmer 16 Aug. 148/1 The Manresa Grape..is a tonic of the pure agro-dolce kind. 1959 Shakespeare Q. 10 363 It is the latent sense of the mutability of things that contributes to the peculiar agro-dolce flavor of the play, for it tells of sweet love bitterly distasted. 1998 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 28 Apr. 1 Duck with an agrodolce sauce is popular. 2008 Observer (Nexis) 5 Oct. 10 Naples is a proud but battered city where life is agrodolce. B. n. 1. In Italian cookery: a sweet-and-sour sauce, typically based on a reduction of vinegar and sugar; a dish made with this sauce. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > other sauces galantine1304 civya1325 egerdouce1381 gravy?c1390 camelinea1425 chawdronc1440 saffron sauce?a1505 sibber-sauce1556 ferry?1570 oxoleum1574 slabber-sauce1574 saupiquet1656 slapsauce1708 brown sauce1723 bread sauce1727 custard1747 bechamel1789 caper-sauce1791 tomato sauce1804 custard cream1805 allemande1806 sambal1815 Reading sauce1816 Harvey's Sauce1818 velouté sauce1830 suprême sauce1833 parsley sauce1836 agrodolce1838 Worcestershire sauce1843 espagnole1845 pestoa1848 cheese sauce1854 nam prik1857 Worcester sauce1863 Béarnaise sauce1868 Béarnaise1877 Yorkshire Relish1877 sauce mousseline1892 velvet sauce1893 gribiche1897 mornay sauce1900 sugo1906 sofrito1913 chile con queso1916 foo yung1917 marinara1932 pistou1951 hoisin1957 salsa verde1957 pico de gallo1958 sriracha1959 carbonara1962 amatriciana1963 arrabbiata1963 ponzu1966 puttanesca1971 chermoula1974 tikka masala1975 mojo1983 queso1989 1828 J. P. Cobbett Jrnl. Tour in Italy (1830) 27 Apr. 190 They call it agro-dolce (sour-sweet); and the name could not be more proper, for I should imagine the principal ingredients to be the two opposite extremes of pyroligneous acid and honey.] 1838 F. Maceroni Memoirs I. 192 Cooked in agrodolce, like wild boar, they [sc. porcupines] are delicious. 1846 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 545/2 Administering to him proper restoratives, (the remains of an agro-dolce, and half a bottle of lachryma). 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 62 Agrodolce..is made by stewing in a rich gravy, prunes, Corinth currants, almonds, pine-kernels, raisins, vinegar and wine. 1902 Algona (Iowa) Advance 17 Jan. 2/2 These English newspaper men used to leave their agro dolce and suppa Inglese and come up to our table. 1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 28 Apr. 4 The cippolini, baby onions poached in agrodolce, are a taste I won't forget in a hurry. 2009 Olive Sept. 21/2 The Italians revel in eating every part of every animal..rice balls stuffed with giblets, and tongue in sweet and sour agrodolce. 2. gen. That which is bittersweet; (chiefly figurative) an experience, emotion, etc., which is both pleasurable and painful. Now rare. ΚΠ 1839 Q. Rev. June 49/1 The over-refined, over-civilized, to whom every day is a feast, starve for the..agro dolce of hunger. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 46 In Spain, as Sappho says, Love is..an alternation of the agro-dolce. 1860 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. I. vii. 182 The taste [of calabash] is a not unpleasant agro-dolce. 1903 Atlantic Monthly May 712/2 The strange and soul-subduing agro-dolce of Augustine's own ‘converted’ Latin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1833
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