verjuice

English

Etymology

From Middle English verjous, vergeous, from Old French vertjus, verjus (French verjus), from vert +‎ jus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɝdʒuːs/, /ˈvɝdʒəs/

Noun

verjuice (usually uncountable, plural verjuices)

1. A very acidic juice made by pressing unripe grapes.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, paragraph 79, page 25:

     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.

Related terms

• verjuiced

Translations

very acidic juice

• Arabic: حصرم (ḥuṣrum)
• Bulgarian: кисел сок m (kisel sok)
• Catalan: agràs m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酸葡萄汁 (suānpútáozhī)

• Finnish: verjuis
• French: verjus (fr) m
• Galician: agraz (gl) m
• Georgian: მჟავე წვენი (mžave c̣veni)
• German: Verjus m, Agrest m
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• Greek: αγουρίδα (el) f (agourída)
• Middle English: vergeous
• Occitan: agràs (oc)
• Persian: آبغوره (fa) (âb-ğure)
• Portuguese: agraço (pt) m
• Russian: вержу́с m (veržús)
• Spanish: verjus m, agraz (es) m
• Turkish: koruk suyu (tr)
• Welsh: ferdis m, gwyrddsug m