Definitions
A very acidic juice made by pressing unripe grapes, crab-apples, or other sour fruit.
Word origin
From Middle English verjous, vergeous, from Old French vertjus, verjus (French verjus), from vert + jus. First attested in c. 1302.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“Alfred pulled a face as of one that drinketh verjuice unawares; but let it pass: hypercriticism was not his cue just then.”
“She looked sour as verjuice when my mother and Emily entered, and gave them to understand that ‘she wasn’t used to no strangers in her school, and didn’t want ’em.’”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Sour grape extract”8 letters
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