Etymology

verjuice

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Today it means: A very acidic juice made by pressing unripe grapes, crab-apples, or other sour fruit. Full definition →

Middle English verjous ← Old French vertjus
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  1. Old French · derived fromvertjus
  2. Middle English · inherited fromverjous
  3. English todayverjuice

From Middle English verjous, vergeous, from Old French vertjus, verjus (French verjus), from vert + jus. First attested in c. 1302.

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