Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like vinegar; hence, sour; sharp.
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- adjective Tasting somewhat like
vinegar . - adjective figuratively
acerbic ,bitter
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- adjective having a sour disposition; ill-tempered
- adjective tasting or smelling like vinegar
Etymologies
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Examples
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"It does taste vaguely vinegarish," Patrick conceded.
The readers' room: What you thought of G2 this week Phil Daoust 2010
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I could smell him now, vinegarish, hormonally charged.
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We dote upon vinegarish old maids, self - righteous men, and canting women when they are exposed by narrative art, and especially when poetic justice wrecks them.
Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism Henry Seidel Canby 1919
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Believe me, Anastasia, the most vinegarish prude could never object to Lady
Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes James Branch Cabell 1918
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He maintained an elm-shaded residence on Front Street, presided over by an ancient housekeeper, of certain and gusty disposition, who had guided his first toddling steps and grieved with him for childhood's insupportable wrongs, and whose vinegarish disapprovals were still feared by Mitchell; it was for her praise or blame that his overt walk and conversation were austere and godly, his less laudable activities so mole-like.
Copper Streak Trail Eugene Manlove Rhodes 1901
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Like Winthorpe's, his blood was black and icy and vinegarish.
My Friend Prospero Henry Harland 1883
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Hannan keeps presenting new and interesting views of how this whole nationhood and union fit together, he has a suitably vinegarish tongue for most subjects, except for Peter Hain where his familiarity with the oil stain shows through.
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