sourling

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noun

A fruit that is sour because it is unripe.

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Meanings

nounsourling (plural sourlings)

plural sourlings

  1. obsoleteA fruit that is sour because it is unripe.

    If the tree have any well-ripe fruits, produce them for the banquet, / But let the sourlings be, a good tree beareth both: […]

    1873, Martin Farquhar Tupper, Proverbial Philosophy, page 269

Origin

sour + -ling

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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