vinegarish

[vin-i-ger-ish]

adjective

1. resembling vinegar, as in sourness or acidity.

   a vinegarish odor; a vinegarish disposition.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vinegarish¹

First recorded in 1640–50; vinegar + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Aiken being right would mean Eliot showing a "thin and vinegarish hostility towards the modern world" and sounding a note of "withered dogmatism".

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But I am morally certain she has all sorts of vinegarish names for me.

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We dote upon vinegarish old maids, self- righteous men, and canting women when they are exposed by narrative art, and especially when poetic justice wrecks them.

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