sour

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If the base of the sour is a liqueur, no additional sweetening agent is required. "

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  1. adjective Having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids; sharp, tart, or tangy.
  2. adjective Made acid or rancid by fermentation.
  3. adjective Having the characteristics of fermentation or rancidity; tasting or smelling of decay.
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  • Do you know that I fear my whole chest of Florence is turned sour, at least the two first flasks were so, and hardly drinkable. —  The Journal to Stella
  • But by this time his wife's virtues seem to have gone a little sour, as disregarded prudence and thwarted piety are so apt to do. —  Diderot and the Encyclopaedists
  • Incredible, that the systems up forward could save anything of her, yes, actually restore a kind of stability. —  Starfarers
  • If the base of the sour is a liqueur, no additional sweetening agent is required. " —  Examiner California Headlines
  • A little sour, a little sweet, —  Eugene Field A Study In Heredity And Contradictions
 

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bitter ·  acrid ·  unpleasant ·  stale ·  harsh ·  nasty ·  sullen ·  oily ·  sarcastic ·  delicious ·  raw ·  rancid
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English sūr.

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  1. from Middle English sour, soure, sowre, sur, from Anglo-Saxon sūr = Middle Dutch suur, Dutch zuur = Middle Low German sūr = Old High German Middle High German sūr, German sauer = Icelandic sūrr = Swedish Danish sur (cf. French sur, sour, from Low German or HG.: see sorrel), sour; cf. Welsh sur, sour; Lithuanian surus, salt. Root unknown.
  2. from Middle English souren, sowren, from Anglo-Saxon *sūrian, sūrigan, become sour, = Old High German sūrēn, Middle High German sūren, German sauern, become sour, Old High German suren, Middle High German siuren, German säuern, make sour, = Swedish syra, make sour; cf. Icelandic sūrna = Danish surne, become sour; from the adjective: see sour, adjective
  3. from Middle English soure; from sour, adjective
 

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