sourish

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adjective

Somewhat sour.

“a sourish taste”

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lemonylemonliketangytartsour
OriginMiddle English sourisch ← Old English sūr ← Proto-West Germanic *sūr →
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Meanings

adjectivesourish (comparative more sourish, superlative most sourish)

comparative more sourish · superlative most sourish

  1. Somewhat sour.

    a sourish taste

    1 more example

    a sourish disposition

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivetasting sour like a lemon

Similar
lemonylemonliketangytartsour
Also see
lemonlikelemonysoursourytangytart

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*súHros
  2. Proto-Germanic*sūraz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*sūr
  4. Old Englishsūr
  5. Middle Englishsour
  6. Middle Englishsourisch
  7. Englishsourish

From Middle English sourisch, sourissh, sowrische, sowrishe, sowrisshe, sowryssh; equivalent to sour + -ish.

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Translations

Catalan agrenc
  • agrencsomewhat sour
Estonian hapukas
  • hapukassomewhat sour
Finnish hapahko
  • hapahkosomewhat sour
French aigrelet
  • aigreletsomewhat sour
German säuerlich
  • säuerlichsomewhat sour
Norwegian Bokmål syrlig
  • syrligsomewhat sour
Spanish agriado
  • agriadosomewhat sour
Swedish syrlig
  • syrligsomewhat sour
Welsh suraidd, surllyd
  • suraiddsomewhat sour
  • surllydsomewhat sour
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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