eisel

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/ˈeɪsəl//ˈiːsəl//ˈeɪzəl//ˈiːzəl/

noun

vinegar, verjuice

OriginMiddle English aisel ← Old French aisil ← Vulgar Latin *acētillum →
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Meanings

eisel1

nouneisel (uncountable)

alternative eisell · alternative esile · alternative esill · alternative eysell

  1. obsoleteuncountablevinegar, verjuice

    Woul't drink up eisel, eat a crocodile?

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]

Eisel2

proper nounEisel (plural Eisels)

plural Eisels

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Latinacētum“vinegar”
  2. Vulgar Latin*acētillum
  3. Old Frenchaisil
  4. Middle Englishaisel
  5. Englisheisel

Inherited from Middle English aisel, eisel, from Old French aisil, eisil (“vinegar”), from Vulgar Latin *acētillum, a diminutive of Latin acētum (“vinegar”). Compare Cornish aysel and Welsh aesel.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with eisel

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easel

Anagrams

EliseElsieLiese
Cite this entry
APA

eisel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eisel

MLA

“eisel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eisel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eisel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eisel.

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