agrodolce
/ˌaɡrə(ʊ)ˈdɒltʃɪ/ /ˌaɡrə(ʊ)ˈdɒltʃeɪ/adjective
Especially of a sauce: compounded of sweet and sour; bittersweet.
noun
In Italian cookery: a sweet-and-sour sauce, typically based on a reduction of vinegar and sugar; a dish made with this sauce.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in United Service Magazine. From Italian agrodolce (adjective) that tastes both sour and sweet, (noun) a sweet-and-sour sauce from agro sour, acrid + dolce sweet.
- be in good company
- be in good (or bad) odour with
- be in (on) the secret
- be in (or of) two minds
- be in (or out of) luck
- be in (or out of) one's element
- be in (or out of) the frame
- be in over one's head
- be in pictures
- be in someone's debt
- be in someone's good (or bad) graces
- be in something for the long haul
- be in stays
- be in the doghouse
- be in the know
- be in the majority
- be in the market for
- be in the money
- be in the process of doing something
- be in the right
- be in the same boat
- be in the wars
- be in with a chance
- beira
- beira antelope