vinegaryadj.

Brit.

/ˈvɪnᵻɡ(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈvɪnəɡ(ə)ri/

Etymology: < vinegar n. + -y suffix¹.

Resembling vinegar; sour like vinegar. Chiefly figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > resembling acid; sharp, vinegary

vinegarish1648

vinegary1730

acidy1854

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

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Acetous Vinegary, or being something like Vinegar.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxi. 309 A vinegary face has Mrs. Miff.

1862 C. Kingsley Alton Locke (new ed.) ii. 33 So ye'll just leave alane that vinegary, soul-destroying trash.

1870 J. H. Friswell Mod. Men of Lett. viii. 143 Commonplace bishops and vinegary bishops' wives.

1879 M. E. Braddon Vixen iii This is one of Miss Skipwith's servants,..rather a vinegary personage.

in combination.1885 Advance (Chicago) 6 Aug. 509/3 A vinegary visaged lady.1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 116 The only person who was in the house was a vinegary-looking woman, who told me that I could not stay.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vinegary
释义	vinegaryadj. Brit. /ˈvɪnᵻɡ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈvɪnəɡ(ə)ri/ Etymology: < vinegar n. + -y suffix¹. Resembling vinegar; sour like vinegar. Chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > resembling acid; sharp, vinegary vinegarish1648 vinegary1730 acidy1854 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 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Acetous Vinegary, or being something like Vinegar. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxi. 309 A vinegary face has Mrs. Miff. 1862 C. Kingsley Alton Locke (new ed.) ii. 33 So ye'll just leave alane that vinegary, soul-destroying trash. 1870 J. H. Friswell Mod. Men of Lett. viii. 143 Commonplace bishops and vinegary bishops' wives. 1879 M. E. Braddon Vixen iii This is one of Miss Skipwith's servants,..rather a vinegary personage. in combination.1885 Advance (Chicago) 6 Aug. 509/3 A vinegary visaged lady.1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 116 The only person who was in the house was a vinegary-looking woman, who told me that I could not stay. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1730
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