| 单词 | vinegar-faced |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvinegar-faced b. Attributive, in the sense ‘extremely sour in temper or disposition’; also in combinations, as vinegar-faced, vinegar-hearted adjs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [adjective] bitter?c1225 sour?c1225 envenomedc1375 envenomousa1420 crabbed1565 gallish1595 verjuice1598 vinegar-tart1599 soury1647 acrid1681 acrious1682 sourish1688 embittered1694 subacid1760 verjuiced1836 acidulent1837 vinaigrous1837 vinegar1847 vinegary1847 soured1848 acerbic1853 acidulous1865 acerbate1869 acerbitous1870 snake-headed1920 sour-pussed1952 1597 Returne fr. Parnassus i. ii. 165 Such barmy heads wil alwaies be working, when as sad vineger wittes sit souring at the bottome of a barrell. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 54 Other of such vinigar aspect, That theyle not shew theyr teeth in way of smile. View more context for this quotation 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 28 The Commons nothing mortified with these tart and vinacre expressions [of the king], kept close to their proper stations. 1662 Rump Songs (1874) I. 161 From a vinegar Priest on a Crab-tree stock,..Libera nos. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. iii. 11 More grum, vinegar-fac'd,..than any kind whatsoever in the whole Island. 1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. xxix. 322 The habitual vinegar expression of his long triangular visage. 1842 E. Miall in Nonconformist 2 145 A peevish and vinegar-hearted step-mother. 1847 T. De Quincey Orthogr. Mutineers in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 161/1 He was too vinegar a fellow for them; nothing hearty or genial about him. 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. ii. 16 Vinegar-faced Joseph projected his head from a round window of the barn. 1850 J. W. Carlyle New Lett. (1903) II. 13 You may fancy the vinegar looks of the Lady of the House and the visitors whom I had kept from their dinner one mortal hour. < as lemmas |
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