vinegar

nounverbattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈvɪnəɡəː//
United Kingdom/[ˈvɪnəɡəː]/
United States//ˈvɪnəɡɚ//
United States/[ˈvɪ̟nəɡɚ] ~ [ˈvɪ̟nəɡɹ̩]/

A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.

noun

1
A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.
In Persia, newly married couples were presented with sheep's trotters steeped in vinegar as a love enticement.
2
Any variety of vinegar.
a range of herb-flavoured vinegars
3
informalVigor; vitality.
You full of vinegar now, but you 'bout through / We gonna get a steam drill to do your share of driving / Then what's all them muscles gonna do? Huh, John Henry? / Gonna take a little bit of vinegar out of you.
[Rahm Emanuel] was full of vinegar on his proposal of mandatory retirement at age 75 for the president and the rest of the executive branch, as well as Congress and the judiciary.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnum Old French vin Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós Proto-Italic *akris Classical Latin ācer Late Latin ācrus Old French aigre Old French vinaigrebor. Middle English vynegre English vinegar From Middle English vynegre, from Old French vinaigre from Old French vyn egre, based on Latin vīnum (“wine”) + Latin ācer (“sour”). Displaced Old English æċed (survived in Middle English eced).

verb

1
To season or otherwise treat with vinegar.
Accordingly, after a vast amount of moaning and crying up-stairs, and much damping of foreheads, and vinegaring of temples, and hartshorning of noses, and so forth […]

Forms

plural: vinegars
past tense: vinegared
past participle: vinegared
present participle: vinegaring
third person singular: vinegars

Vincenzo · A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Vincent.vine · Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by…Vine · A surname.

vinegar · A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.

vineyard · A grape plantation, especially one used in the production of…Vineyard · A surname.Vinnie · A diminutive of the male given name Vincent.

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