verjuice
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verjuice
- /ˈvɝd͡ʒuːs/
- /ˈvɝd͡ʒəs/
Where it comes from
From Middle English verjous, vergeous, from Old French vertjus, verjus (French verjus), from vert + jus. First attested in c. 1302.
noun verjuices · verjus
- A very acidic juice made by pressing unripe grapes, crab-apples, or other sour fruit. In this inſtance, there is (vpon the by) to be noted the Percolation, or Suing of the Veriuyce thorow the VVood; So as it ſeemeth, it muſt be firſt in a kinde of Vapour, before it paſſe.
verb verjuices · verjuicing · verjuiced · verjus
- To render something sour; to embitter. There are few names to which a jingle or a joke cannot be fitted—witness, Twining, banker and tea-dealer: / ‘Twining would be whining / Were’t not for his tea;’ / and the ex-Lord Mayor, Sir John Key, where the inherent rhyme to ‘donkey’ verjuiced the baronetcy.
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Talk about this word "verjuice." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/verjuice. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. verjuice. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/verjuice "verjuice." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/verjuice.Cite this
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title = {verjuice},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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