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.
   • 1631, [Francis Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:

     In this instance, there is, upon the by, to be noted, the percolation or suing of the verjuice through the wood; for verjuice of itself would never have passed through the wood: so as, it seemeth, it must be first in a kind of vapour, before it pass.}}

Related terms

• verjuiced

Translations

very acidic juice

• Arabic: حصرم‎ (ḥuṣrum)
• 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 (rare)

• 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